WIRELINE - Autumn 2017

Efficiency | Project Management

Kitted out for collaboration

more, but how can we do so effectively?” was the Collaboration is the buzzword as the UK industry seeks to improve efficiency and competitiveness in a global market. But executing a truly effective collaborative project requires more than just sheer enthusiasm and a desire for change. Wireline profiles a Project Collaboration Toolkit developed by industry for industry. “ The Toolkit is a go-to guide that gives a tangible framework within The Offshore Project Management Steering Group (OPMSG), set up the year before via the ECITB and comprising senior project practitioners from industry, responded by forming a work group charged with developing a Project Collaboration Toolkit.

“W e want to collaborate message from delegates at an industry Project Management Conference back in 2015, when the impact of the downturn was starting to be felt acutely. Hosted by the Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB), the event explored how to promote collaboration to achieve cost reduction in the difficult economic climate. The overwhelming response from attendees was that they needed practical support to capitalise effectively on the benefits of integrated working.

which to focus on the behavioural principles of collaboration at any stage in the project.

“It took four months to put together then it went out to the wider industry for review and feedback,” explains Lynsey Benson, ECITB’s senior account manager for Scotland who co-ordinates the steering group’s work. “The group focused on who would be using the toolkit – primarily project leaders and team members >

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