The up-front planning effort for a large capital project is a far, far different enterprise than the small-project process. It is an exponentially greater undertaking involving totally different complexities and risks, not simply a linear scale-up of small project management models.  Large capital projects are more visible, encompass more potentially divergent stakeholder interests, involve more communication channels and decision nodes, impact more public and governmental interests, encounter greater political activity, have more technical uncertainties, are harder to control, and are more likely to fall victim to unrealistic financial and schedule goals. 

The thoroughness of up-front project planning, structuring, and shaping is the major determiner of large-project success.  Leading institutions are now examining their large-project processes to formulate new large-project planning models.

At this conference you’ll examine the tasks, resources, principles, policies, methods, tools, and new management models for the planning and shaping of successful large capital projects.   Specifically, you’ll learn how the new up-front management models:

• Identify and reduce large-project risks
• Establish effective large-project governance structures
• Develop (and sustain) a correct and feasible project vision
• Perform and communicate sound financial analyses
• Define and lock down the money requirements and sources
• Use sustainable (green) strategies strategically
• Set project standards
• Speed up decision-making
• Implement management systems for controlling dispersed decision-making

If your organization has large capital projects in its future (or is even just thinking about them), or if you’re rethinking how you should be doing large projects in general, don’t miss this critical knowledge exchange on the new management models for large-project planning, structuring, and shaping. 

I look forward to seeing you in St. Petersburg, Florida, December 9-10.

Steven L. Westfall
President

Who should attend this conference?

This is a Tradeline Open Invitational Conference intended for all professionals who have an interest in improving the early planning, structuring, and shaping processes for large capital projects of all types for private corporations, government agencies, and academic and research institutions.