Why Leadingham?
Leadingham Projects specialises in reviewing data and databases, information flow and management reporting, using proprietary 
software to take care of the detail. We take a bottom-up approach to system reform, improving the fluidity of data, the functionality and reliability of information-flow and the integrity of management reporting. We make sure that the view at the top reflects the reality of the whole project operation in real time. We commit to delivering cost savings to our clients that can significantly improve project profitability and justify our involvement and contribution. Read More.
Are you in large-scale project management? Perhaps you work for a major construction or transport company…maybe even helping to deliver the 2012 London Olympics; or you may work in major projects on a more modest scale. If that is you, then you are most likely a member of one of the top professional teams in your field. Of course you may think not all of your team members are top-rate and may possibly feel that some are even a waste of space. But as good or as bad as they may be, those teams probably represent the best on offer in the marketplace; perhaps anywhere in the world! It may just be as good as it gets.
Below, we have offered you some scenarios taken from real life experience in the field of major project management, though names and faces have been changed to protect the innocent…and even some of the guilty!
Are these project management experiences familiar?
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Robert Merrick
Managing Director
“Yes; our new £250K software system certainly reaches the sky; … the problem is… it doesn’t seem to be fully in contact with the ground!”
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Abhijeet Dutta
Financial Director
“How can I justify the £250k investment in the new software system, with overall costs up 8% and the project now two months behind schedule? The board won’t be happy to know we face possible financial penalties from our major client for late delivery.”
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Ken Booth
Chief Planner
“By the time the reports on completed work are on the system, I have already sent installation teams to their next job. The trouble is, sometimes… I don’t really think we know what they’ve done and what they haven’t. ”
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Simon Haywood
Quantity Surveyor
“With this project being run on open book accounting, it's probable we can fend off the financial penalties claims… There are grey areas relating to Target Cost!”
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Janet Franklin
Procurement Manager
“I’ve been successful in procurement for nearly thirty years and now lead one of the best teams of professionals I've ever managed… but right now, late or unreliable information on requirement dates is making us look like the ones who are letting the side down!”
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Christie Onoura
Data Manager
“They keep saying that what we post is out of date by the time it reaches the work schedulers! We’re told to speed up the data processing; that we have to “work smarter”… like we're “working stupid” now, right??!!”
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Bill Oliver
Installation Specialist
“That's twice this week I’ve had problems on my shift. First time, there were no materials onsite and last night they sent me to do a job that was already done!”