Project Management Services
We offer a bespoke Project Management Service tailored to the needs of clients.
The service details below show our capability for Infrastructure Clients, Contractors and Consultants.
Our Project Management Services
- Client-side project management across all lifecycle stages to maintain programme and minimise budget risk.
Technical stakeholder management across complex, multidisciplinary, multi-funded projects including TOCs, Unions, Local Authorities and Devolved Administrations
Entry-into-service, handover, and project close-out support to de-risk these critical stages of delivery
Project businesses case development for station and infrastructure improvements to justify funding requirements
Delivery-stage contract administration for projects
The below sections explore our project management service in greater detail, demonstrating how we add value at every project stage
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What we Offer
- Our team combines experienced Client and Contractor-side team members, ensuring that we deliver the right expertise to unlock project challenges
- We deliver whole lifecycle project management from Business Case to Entry into Service, with the capability to lead through feasibility, procurement, development and delivery stages
- We believe that close management of requirements and scope change protects projects from cost and programme impact
- On multidisciplinary projects with multiple funding parties, stakeholder communication is central to successful delivery
- Railway projects are complex and therefore we as project teams need to give careful and full consideration to the impacts of the decisions we make
- Managing safety behaviours as a project team effectively from the start instils high safety standards and mitigates risks within delivery stage cost and time constraints
- Our RISQS accreditation demonstrates that we have processes in place to learn from safety lessons, distribute and take on-board safety bulletins and communicate these amongst our teams
- Breaking down technical requirements into the most detail possible enables a project to demonstrate that it has met its original aims
- Requirements collated, tracked and communicated using tools such as IBM DOORS where appropriate
- Baselining deviations in requirements are scrutinised by our team to justify stop scope creep, protect against additional cost, and the impact of ‘unknown unknowns’
- All our Project Managers undergo training in the NEC suite of contracts
- RPS cost management systems coupled with our automated dashboards provide live data on project commercial health
- Budget tracked by monitoring spend against forecast with continuous assessment of change items and risk figures
- Delivering formal project communication and escalation where required using contractual mechanisms
- Document Control is particularly important where projects engage multiple stakeholders required to approve feasibility proposal and designs
- We document designs, reports and process to identify, distribute and close out issues
- Best-practice document control enables the seamless transition between project stages and staff handover
- We have developed a bespoke internal toolkit and dashboards to complement Clients’ processes.
- Starting every project right with clear Organisation and RACI charts for agreed responsibilities and reporting lines encompasses cross-industry lessons learned
- We demonstrate the justification behind project decisions to manage stakeholder expectations
- Identification and management of risk using tried and tested methods honed through project delivery across multiple industries and clients
- We input and report using Active Risk Manager where required
- Our team uses Primavera P6 and Microsoft Project dependant on the preferences of our clients
- We use Microsoft Power BI software to enable the wider project team to view live physical and financial progress and monitor programme milestones
- Ongoing ‘Reach Back’ access to expertise of the full RPS PMO team, Risk Managers, commercial and design support to overcome challenges as needed
- Our team also involves graphic design to enable us to quickly develop the right content to communicate with different stakeholders
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Appreciation of the challenges that make railway projects so complex shown by track record of delivering projects on live operational railway infrastructure
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Adept at possession/blockade management, operation and construction management ensures that programmes are accurate and projects are delivered in the safest and most economical way
Our Project Management Overview
- Our team combines experienced Client and Contractor-side team members, ensuring that we deliver the right expertise to unlock project challenges
- We deliver whole lifecycle project management from Business Case to Entry into Service, with the capability to lead through feasibility, procurement, development and delivery stages
- We believe that close management of requirements and scope change protects projects from cost and programme impact
- On multidisciplinary projects with multiple funding parties, stakeholder communication is central to successful delivery
Safety
- Railway projects are complex and therefore we as project teams need to give careful and full consideration to the impacts of the decisions we make
- Managing safety behaviours as a project team effectively from the start instils high safety standards and mitigates risks within delivery stage cost and time constraints
- Our RISQS accreditation demonstrates that we have processes in place to learn from safety lessons, distribute and take on-board safety bulletins and communicate these amongst our teams
Requirements
- Breaking down technical requirements into the most detail possible enables a project to demonstrate that it has met its original aims
- Requirements collated, tracked and communicated using tools such as IBM DOORS where appropriate
- Baselining deviations in requirements are scrutinised by our team to justify stop scope creep, protect against additional cost, and the impact of ‘unknown unknowns’
Communication
- All our Project Managers undergo training in the NEC suite of contracts
- RPS cost management systems coupled with our automated dashboards provide live data on project commercial health
- Budget tracked by monitoring spend against forecast with continuous assessment of change items and risk figures
- Delivering formal project communication and escalation where required using contractual mechanisms
Document Control
- Document Control is particularly important where projects engage multiple stakeholders required to approve feasibility proposal and designs
- We document designs, reports and process to identify, distribute and close out issues
- Best-practice document control enables the seamless transition between project stages and staff handover
Governance
- We have developed a bespoke internal toolkit and dashboards to complement Clients’ processes.
- Starting every project right with clear Organisation and RACI charts for agreed responsibilities and reporting lines encompasses cross-industry lessons learned
- We demonstrate the justification behind project decisions to manage stakeholder expectations
Communication
- All our Project Managers undergo training in the NEC suite of contracts
- RPS cost management systems coupled with our automated dashboards provide live data on project commercial health
- Budget tracked by monitoring spend against forecast with continuous assessment of change items and risk figures
- Delivering formal project communication and escalation where required using contractual mechanisms
Document Control
- Document Control is particularly important where projects engage multiple stakeholders required to approve feasibility proposal and designs
- We document designs, reports and process to identify, distribute and close out issues
- Best-practice document control enables the seamless transition between project stages and staff handover
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To learn more about this service and how we can help please contact:
authority.papers@rps-team.co.uk
Tel: 07542 846446
Tel: 07542 846446
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