Red Cube
RC Consulting
Integrated Program and Project Management services, guarantees timely completion of the project, within budget and in total accordance to the Client's specifications. At the same time, through proper value management techniques, the Return on Investment is maximized. Program and Project Management services that are applied are based in international standard practices which are being adjusted to the specific project's environment. These services can be categorized as follows.
SCOPE MANAGEMENT
Scope Management is the establishment of project Client’s requirements. Specifically, is the process by which all Client’s requirements to be met are clarified, updated and recorded, in order to identify project’s priorities. At this stage RCC, implements all necessary procedures in order to identify the necessary tasks/activities, and only those needed, in order to fully satisfy the Client, and thus to set the basis for efficient planning, execution and successful completion of the project, maximizing at the same time the ROI.
PROCUREMENT MANAGEMENT
Proper procurement management techniques enable a clear understanding of the project’s and sub-projects’ objectives from the candidates. This, in combination with the creation of a proper competitive environment, assists to achieve the lowest possible price, ensuring at the same time the required level of confidence as well as significant savings in favor of the Client.
DESIGN & VALUE
MANAGEMENT - ENGINEERING
Project design has become a complex, multi-professional arena in which it is frequently necessary to join together extensive teams of specialized architects, engineers and other advisors. Defining, procuring, coordinating and managing such teams is a skill in itself. RCC has the capacity and knowledge to instruct, advise, guide and negotiate to get the best possible outcome from the design process - and a constructible solution which accurately meets the needs of the Client. By combining design and value management & engineering services, RCC evaluates alternatives, assesses and compares risks, and identifies the most appropriate way forward, increasing at the same time the value of the investment.
CONTRACT MANAGEMENT
For the contract award, RCC investigates and determines the most appropriate contractor selection process, depending on issues such as Client’s status, current National and European institutional framework, the available information and resources and the desired schedule. Following that, RCC prepares the appropriate contract documents and tendering procedure and provides substantial assistance in evaluating bids.
Contract Management includes all project’s objectives, constraints, identified risks and jointly agreed response strategies, as well as project’s closure procedure. RCC has gained extensive experience in contract management over the years, enabling the efficient and effective monitoring and control for the successful delivery of designs – services.
RISK MANAGEMENT
Risk Management techniques, include the identification, analysis, quantification, as well as setup and implementation of the strategy to tackle all those risks that could affect the development of the project and achievement of the project’s original objectives.
RCC by using internationally recognized “Best Practices” management, considers the Risk Management as a key parameter for the successful completion of undertaken projects. For this reason, and from project’s initiation phase, through the processes of identification and analysis of potential risks, both qualitatively and quantitatively, composes a list of potential risks. Those are categorized according to the probability of appearance per stage / phase of the project. This recording of the potential risks per phase / stage of the project, allows the composition of a strategy to address those risks, which include related actions and alternative project paths, in order to mitigate them to the best possible extent, increasing at the same time the level of confidence for the project’s successful completion. Risk management techniques adopted by RCC enable risks’ mitigation, by selecting an appropriate method for the maturation of the project, while at the same time alternate paths are indicated through relevant cost benefit analysis. During project’s execution, a risk monitor and response system is established, in order to monitor the treatment of identified risks, to identify new risks and executed the risk response plans.
QUALITY MANAGEMENT
One of the key elements for RCC efficiency is the establishment and maintenance of a Quality Assurance System that increases its operational effectiveness and confidence that the project product will satisfy it’s objectives and needs. A Project Quality Assurance Program is established and maintained for each project RCC undertakes. This describes in detail all required processes that will be followed during all project’s phases and that will enable project management services, as well as technical specifications satisfaction.
Quality management process includes quality planning, during which quality standards relevant to the project are identified and courses of action in order to satisfy them are determined, quality assurance through which planned systematic quality activities are applied to ensure that the project employs all needed processes to meet the requirements and finally, quality control through which specific project results are monitored in order to determine whether relevant quality standards are complied and ways to eliminate causes of unsatisfactory performance are identified.
RCC monitors on a daily basis, during project’s development, the implementation of the Quality Assurance System, as well as the collection of qualitative data in order to establish the complete Project’s Record, upon Project’s Final Handover.
COST MANAGEMENT
Cost management is the process involved in planning, estimating, budgeting and controlling project’s cost, so that the project can be completed within the approved budget. After producing a detailed cost baseline during the project’s initiation and planning phases, RCC establishes an efficient earned value management system that enables effective monitoring of all cost parameters in relation to schedule constrains. Further to this, it enables estimations in regard to project’s time and cost for completion.
Basic principle of project’s Cost Management, is the use of techniques to optimize the scope (value management & engineering), always by taking into account the impact of all decisions to the capex and opex expenses.
TIME MANAGEMENT
Time management comprises all necessary processes, in order to meet project’s timeframe. Scheduling and monitoring is of major importance for all projects, since it always affects the investment’s business plan. The services are supported by specialized software, aiming at early identification of risks and application of corrective measures, for achieving project time objectives.
COMMUNICATION MANAGEMENT
Communication management employs the processes required to ensure timely and appropriate generation, collection, distribution, storage, retrieval and ultimate disposal of project information. For this reason, the Project’s Quality Assurance System, describes in detail all the procedures by which project’s information is collected and communicated to all interested parties, as well as the methodology which ensures the implementation of the above by all parties.
