How often do your projects meet unexpected surprises ahead of your investment gate, during execution or even well into operations? That the project was then ill-prepared to deal with? Grip Energy offers Plan B assists that combined Premortem techniques with traditional project management tools.

Although ideally started early in the project life cycle the assist can be repeated to focus on particular high-risk components or subsequent project phases.  The technique works in any industry and will elevate your Decision Quality, risk understanding and pro-active and reactive response planning.

The workshop output can be used to populate (or verify) your risk register, identify preventative, enabling or reactive risk responses, formulate a Plan B or even make adaptations to your project plan.

  • Preparation: 1-3 days spread over 2-3 weeks
  • Event: 2 x ½ – 1 day interspersed by 1-2 days
  • Attendees: Integrated project team & supporting experts
  • Aftercare: To be agreed (1 or more days)

Following introduction in a major IOC, some 50 projects deployed this approach. 90% of projects benefited as a result; some 25% of base plans were adapted, many shortened delivery times due to fewer post- assurance modifications. Transparency and decision quality in investment proposals was enhanced and risk response preparedness improved reducing impact (cost) of “surprises”.