Services
Process Assessment
Review department functionality including document reviews, staff interviews and workshops.
Process Assessment
Process Assessment
- Plan for process improvement: develop strategies and plan activities and resources.
- Reengineering/process mapping workshops: implement planned process improvements.
- Support procedure development in alignment with processes.
- Evaluate the organization, staff skills and knowledge, organizational alignment with objectives, processes, methods and tools.
- Planning for organization improvement
- Develop competency/capability development models
- Implement improvements with customized training
- Coaching: provide managers with support and advise as needed.
Methods and Tools
Bespoke methods and tools that meet needs for which commercial systems are not practical or leave gaps. Perform a needs assessment followed a proposal for custom development and implementation.
VE’s goal is to leave each client self-sufficient in terms of owning and competently applying methods and tools (not dependent on consulting support).
Examples:
VE’s goal is to leave each client self-sufficient in terms of owning and competently applying methods and tools (not dependent on consulting support).
Examples:
- Estimating Methods and Tools (e.g., owner Class 5 and 4 cost models)
- Project Historical Databases for cost, schedule and risk information and metrics
- Estimate Validation Methods, Tools and Metrics (i.e., application of historical data)
- Risk Analysis and Quantification Methods and Tools: see ValidRisk
Estimates and Risk
- Estimate Reviews (prior to gate): qualitative review of AACE Class 4 or 3 (Pre-feasibility or Feasability) estimate on behalf of the owner. The goal is to determine if the estimate meets owner requirements and provides a suitable basis for decision making, funding and control.
- Estimate Validation: This is a quantitative estimate review using metrics analysis. Because VE does not have specific metrics at its disposal, the consultant supports the owner and/or contractor in ensuring they have done this well (if not, this adds to uncertainty captured in the risk analysis that follows).
- Risk Analysis, Contingency, Reserves: The consultant will facilitate risk workshops and has unique empirical research expertise to quantify the contingency and reserves of projects and programs using best practices (re: ValidRisk). This may be part of an estimate review or a stand-alone effort.
OTHER: Bespoke Training, Expert Task Support, Advise
- Bespoke Training (TCM, Cost Engineering, Estimating, Project Controls, Risk Analysis, etc.)
- Investment Analysis (e.g., life cycle cost modeling)
- Investment Decision Support (e.g., decision modeling)
- Escalation Estimating (including probabilistic tools) working with Econometric Consultants
- Negotiation and Claims Support
- Historical Data Capture/Cleaning/Normalization
- Support Independent Project Review (IPR) Teams (focused on estimating, project control and risk management aspects)
- and more...