BATEMAN participated in the Project Management South Africa (PMSA)
2004 conference in Johannesburg, South Africa, with papers delivered
by Dr Sivi Gounden, BATEMAN's Chairman and CEO, and Francois Roos,
project manager for the E-Bay (Elizabeth Bay) Liberation Project.
The theme of the 2004 conference was "Global Knowledge".
Titles and brief abstracts of the papers are given below. A full
copy of the paper may be acquired by e-mailing enquiries@batemanengineering.com.
Project management for a changing global environment
By Dr Sivi Gounden
Project management has changed considerably in scope from focusing
on the physical delivery of a technological solution within the fixed
parameters of time, cost and quality, to a broader emphasis that includes
the economic, social and political environment within which the projects
are delivered.
The paper outlines the key changes in project management in recent
years including the recent trend for project execution to be spread
across the globe and, with this, the move towards virtual project
organisations. The importance of shared, professional project-management
practices is emphasised in such an environment.
Stakeholder participation has also gained increasing importance to
ensure both the proper definition and execution of a project. BATEMAN's
durability in this environment is largely due to its success in evolving
into a fully-fledged project house and, with this, offering the full
spectrum of services from project concept to closure, which has required
the acquisition of new skills such as financial and commercial expertise.
The company's international experience in project management has highlighted
more critical factors in successfully managing projects across the
globe, including the need to include the nationals of a country on
the team, in addition to the stakeholders, contractors, suppliers
and even the financing institutions.
Managing risks in a multi-disciplinary environment
By JF Roos and the E-Bay Liberation Management Team
When faced with many different views on how to manage risk, the project-management
team of the E-Bay Liberation project had to find a way to incorporate
all the value of these views without losing track of the objectives.
In addition, while the team had the benefit of a number of specialist
inputs in the risk mitigation of the project, the challenge lay in
the combining of the inputs into a manageable system where one could
derive benefits and retain the support of the stakeholders.
The two main contributors that made this possible were the decision
model and the reporting system. In using these, all perspectives could
be translated into terms that could be measured, while the reports
made it possible to inform the stakeholders on how the risks were
managed. In addition, risk management was facilitated by a new concept
being explored with De Beers Consolidated Mines and adopted for the
E-Bay project which aims to establish a long-term platform for meaningful
collaboration between the parties.
BATEMAN project-management learners share their experience The experience
of BATEMAN's project-management learners was featured in a video presented
by the Services SETA (Sector Education Training Authority) at the
PMSA 2004 conference. The learners, who were contracted to BATEMAN
at the beginning of 2003 as part of the South African Qualification
Authority (SAQA) legislation, are undertaking a structured-learning
programme that will provide them with the basic project-management
knowledge and skills to enable them to plan, initiate and execute
projects and work as project-team members.
Successful completion of the programme, which is registered with SAQA,
will provide them with a national certificate, awarded in terms of
the country's National Qualifications Framework (NQF), at the NQF
4 level.
More information may be obtained from Ben Geldenhuys, BATEMAN Group
Executive, Human Resources, on
+27-11-899-2227 or email
human.resources@batemanengineering.com.
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