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All competitive businesses have a desire to improve their organizational performance at a project and business level as, without this desire they will not compete effectively as other companies strive to do things better. However, it is often difficult, if not impossible, for these organizations to drive continuous and consistent improvement into their operational teams as the levels of maturity that exist vary greatly between departments, levels of seniority and geographical regions. It is not unusual to find that, although the upper management of an organization has painstakingly identified best practices for their firm, those practices are not always implemented or even acknowledged at the project level. Inconsistent performance at the project level can often be attributed to this lack of awareness and implementation – i.e., to an inconsistent level of maturity within the organisation as a whole. If an organisation cannot understand where it is currently in terms of its maturity (readiness), how can it possibly generate a robust plan of action to enhance performance over the many operational layers and centres? Adept Management’s ‘DB Readiness Assessment’ provides the answer.

The complete DB–Readiness Assessment is comprised of three distinct Stages.

Stage 1 – Design–Build Readiness

This portion of the assessment is the first step in trying to determine what practices are currently being utilized to propose, manage, and deliver design-build projects. The interview questions are developed from best design–build practices gleaned from industry. It consists of one–on–one interviews across various departments of the organization. In this first stage the interviews are limited to 1 to 2 individuals per department or project phase (business development, design, management, estimating, construction, etc.) who can best articulate and describe the current design–build practices being utilized to deliver design-build projects. The company and consultant work together to identify the most appropriate persons to be interviewed.

It is not unusual to find that there are gaps between industry-wide best practices and those employed within any given company. The purpose of this stage is to identify those gaps. Upon completion of the interview stage a written report will be prepared summarizing the results. This report may also be presented as an informational and/or educational Workshop.

Stage 2 – Organizational Maturity

This very valuable next step utilizes a survey that is administered across the organization to measure the depth to which the industry best practices, along with any unique company practices discovered in Stage -1 are understood, recognized, utilized and implemented consistently on DB projects. Whereas Stage–1 only involves feedback from a limited number of people (usually at the senior level), this Stage will collect responses from deep within the organization to identify how well these practices are known and implemented on the ‘frontlines’ of your projects, thereby reducing risks and delivering consistent project results.

It is not unusual to find that although the upper management of an organization has painstakingly identified best practices for their firm, that those practices are not always implemented at the project level. Inconsistent performance at the project level can often be attributed to this lack of awareness and implementation. The purpose of this stage is to identify and quantify the extent of the incongruence between ‘intended practice’ and ‘actual practice.’

Upon completion of this stage a report will be prepared summarizing the results. This report may also be presented as an informational and/or educational Workshop. [If stages 1 and 2 are conducted under a single contract then it is recommended that the information be conveyed as a single Workshop.]

Stage 3 – Action Plan

Consistent results require consistent performance and implementation of the best design-build practices associated with project success. This final stage considers the information gathered from both Stage–1 and Stage–2 to develop a specific DB-Ready Action Plan to fill the identified ‘practice gaps’ across the organization along with ensuring that these practices consistently carry down to the project level to help produce satisfactory results on every project. A number of recommendations will be offered along with strategies for implementation.

DB Readiness overview