In the same manner as successful projects require adequate governance, we also consistently observe that project success requires sufficiently experienced Owner organisations. Irrespective of the professionalism of the contractors, projects that are run with inexperienced or not sufficiently staffed Owners will often lead to inadequate delivery, delays and ultimately in disappointing results. In our new White Paper 2020-06 ‘How Essential It Is That the Owner Team Has Sufficient Project Experience For Project Success’ we investigate more in detail the causes of this phenomenon and what can be done to avoid it.

Inadequate Owner experience will translate into inadequate Owner supervision of the project, and substantial delays in taking decisions.

Relying on the experience of execution contractors to compensate for inadequate Owner experience is often not sufficient and the temptation of contractors to take advantage of the situation may be irresistible. Owners lacking experience may not be willing to delegate actual decision-making to contractors fearing commercial consequences, but may not actually take decisions either, or only very slowly, leading to very difficult situations. The issue is compounded when the Owner employs many contracted personnel of diverse origin rather than staff personnel in its project supervision team.

Owners may lack either of technical expertise, or project execution expertise, or both. Sometimes the Owner team budget is too restricted for proper quality personnel and associated capacity.

Projects conducted with inexperienced or insufficient Owner project management teams are often nightmares for all parties involved and often lead to substantial schedule and cost overruns. A sufficient level of experience on the Owner side – and the capability to take decisions based on this experience, is an essential success factor. A sufficient Owner team budget and agreement that properly experienced key resources must be hired staff personnel even if that bends usual HR policy are essential factors to achieve success. Read our new White Paper 2020-06 ‘How Essential It Is That the Owner Team Has Sufficient Project Experience For Project Success’ to understand more about this important issue.

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