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PRINCIPLES The key to Downes Corporate Services’ successful Business Realignment + Project Delivery track record is our ability to integrate four dimensions that are rarely brought together seamlessly.Business_Realignment.htmlProject_Delivery.htmlshapeimage_14_link_0shapeimage_14_link_1
Our unique Partnership Model enables us to efficiently track, monitor, report and inform clients of their project status. We are often called in to recover or rescue failed projects and we note that it is our ability to combine these four aspects that creates a model of true partnership. RISK PROFILING DCS carefully assesses all the possible risk points across the Definition, Establishment and Execution phases of a project, including the political landscape, previous failed projects, the preferred pricing model, third party suppliers involved and industrial relations. DCS and the client are then positioned to strategically deal with risk points before they become issues that would require substantial management time, effort, and unnecessary cost. By quantifying the possible risk points and rating their importance and likelihood of occurring we have a strong indication of the overall risk profile and the best process for managing them. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY Downes Corporate Services IP originates from cost schedule control system criteria introduced into Australia in the late eighties; it is a robust methodology for elegantly managing, reporting, reducing risk and tracking all elements of complex projects. Graham Downes, principal of Downes Corporate Services, distilled the best elements to create the EVA system – Earned Value Analysis. This system is purpose-built to consistently achieve excellent results no matter what type of project is undertaken. It is transparent, user friendly, easy to update and understand and is a powerful tool that enables DCS to easily identify and manage risk throughout the process. The DCS system software is transportable across any industry, any sector and any size of project. INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS The DCS approach to innovation is to consider every alternative; to challenge the norm and find a safer, easier, faster, smarter way to deliver the outcome. We keep digging beyond the accepted status quo, because experience has taught us – every process or system can be improved on. These projects are large, complex and difficult. They cannot be managed by standard project management methodology; they require an agile, pragmatic approach that incorporates innovative thinking. Downes Corporate Services finds and delivers the solution no one else has thought of. PARTNERING The DCS methodology embraces the principles of effective partnering. We know from experience that creating trusting, open relationships between all stakeholders provides project leverage and fast tracks Project Delivery. Clear communication and reporting throughout the project ensures that everyone (staff, suppliers, vendors and customers) is informed and involved in what is happening. They feel part of something worthwhile, rather than having something imposed on them. DCS is sensitive to the organisational dynamics and the political landscape; our track record demonstrates we are capable of driving the project through and bringing the people involved onside. The result is that the people within the organisation feel empowered and in fact, they end up driving the process as they are invested in achieving the business outcome. About_Graham_Downes.htmlProject_Delivery.htmlshapeimage_15_link_0shapeimage_15_link_1
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MANY PROJECTS ARE DESTINED TO FAIL FROM THE OUTSET. PROJECT RISK PROFILING IS A PROVEN WAY OF IDENTIFYING PROJECTS THAT REQUIRE SPECIAL ATTENTION TO SUCCEED. DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE RISK PROFILE OF YOUR PROJECTS LOOK LIKE? DCS HAS A UNIQUE METHOLOGY... morePD_Risk_ID%26M.html