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O ver the last four decades, I have worked with a lot of A/E firms that really believed that any project on which they worked was their project. The project manager believed it was his or her project. The project engineer thought it was his or her project. Everyone wanted to claim ownership. Yours or theirs? In the A/E industry, it’s easy for PMs and firms to claim ownership of projects, but the only owners are the clients, and they always make the final call.
Bernie Siben
change in the what , the consultant may recommend a change in the scope, the schedule, the budget, or some other aspect of the project. Or you may provide a set of alternative recommendations for consideration. “The owner determines what the project is. The owner determines what the facility is, how it will be used, the budget and schedule, and a host of other attributes.”
Actually, the project was always the owner’s project. The owner determines what the project is. The owner determines what the facility is, how it will be used, the budget and schedule, and a host of other attributes. In order words, everything the project is , the what of the project, is ultimately determined by the owner. The consultant (regardless of what type of person or firm), then determines what it will take for the owner to realize the project that he/she has defined. That is the project approach, the how of the project. If the how of the project identifies a necessary
See BERNIE SIBEN, page 12
THE ZWEIG LETTER February 6, 2017, ISSUE 1186
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