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Every institutional master plan requires a project selection framework. In practice, this is a matrix model that combines:
- Projects: Infrastructure, Telecom, Energy, Defence, Agricultural
- Levels: National, State, Regional
- Beneficiaries: Citizens, SMBs, Enterprises, Proposed groups
- Stakeholders: Public, Contractors, Financial Institutions, Consultants, Manufacturers, Academic Institutions
- Factors: Economic, Social, Environmental, Health, Education, Cultural/Religious
- Resources: Labour force, Raw Materials, Industries, Logistics
Each Project is part of a mosaic or a chain. Therefore, it requires aggregation, synthesis and optimization of all factors to achieve the highest return on public funding for end-users and beneficiaries.
However, management and public Institutions almost never achieve this result. Internal conflicting processes, bureaucratic ideologies, legislative policies and poor communication or collaboration among stakeholders are huge obstacles. As a result, they block the decision-making process towards a moving-forward scope of works. In addition, the volatility of the financial markets and the lack of local business competitiveness against a globalized and … mostly unfair environment create a very unstable and dangerous cocktail. This cocktail can increase the likelihood that projects fail!
If You Can’t Measure It, You Can’t Improve It. Management thinker Peter Drucker is often quoted as saying that “you can’t manage what you can’t measure.”
I have always believed that the answer to this challenge should come from a centralized Project Management system. In this system, all processes among the stakeholders become digital. Moreover, central e-libraries/repositories (specifications, tenders, certifications, materials, labor etc.) support data homogeneity and ease uploading of data to the Gov Cloud.
For example, picture a Gov Portal where all stakeholders register (similarly to modern taxation systems) and log in with a username and password. They then use the electronic services (e-services) of the system as a prerequisite to participate in all projects. At the same time, they gain collateral benefits such as electronic drawings (BIM), contract management, quality and HSE management etc.
Then, a steering committee of each Institutional Agency will exploit this data via a contextual business intelligence system. This system will assist the decision-making process and enhance transparency and effectiveness.
Consequently, the government will save money. It will also help local industries, labor and academic institutions to strategize around a true scope of works.
In the end, Beneficiaries will be true Beneficiaries.
