1. The Group of Seven PROGRAM PRESENTATION
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2. 1. The Point
2. Concepts

3. The journey begins with principles
1. THE POINT
The journey begins with principles
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The transformation of a traditional project management organization to a PPA framework is holistic and shuns tweaking at the edges. The transformation entails a new management paradigm that rests upon a group of seven prime directives called the Primes.
Steven Keays (2017)

5. Group of Seven The foundational prime directives 1. Prime purpose
The project and its management serve a single purpose: to realize a profitably performant asset
2. Prime principle
Do right by the project in all discussions, considerations and decisions. Between egos and the project, the project must prevail
3. Prime mindset
Direct accountability, embodied in the directrix, governs management
4. Prime execution
Manage by getting to no as the starting position, considering the budget as the investment vehicle to realize the asset. The budget is invested, not spent, in accordance with the constraint diamond
5. Prime execution
Progress all work incrementally, taking care of completing each task fully before moving on to the next one
6. Prime tool
The Unit Transformation Process (UTP)
7. Prime control
Trust but check rather than ubiquitous review and approve. Generate execution performance data in real time, using the collection substrate edifice and performance assessment metrics to measure progress.

6. 2. CONCEPTS
Prime details

7. Primes 1 and 2 Constraint Diamond and Valunomy
“Doing right by project” is incompatible with the constraint trifecta (cost, quality, time)
Focus must instead be on the end game and governed by the constraint diamond (cost ,time, revenues, performance, expenses, profits)
Decisions taken on the basis of Valunomy rather than cost effectiveness
Cost effectiveness: lowest cost now. Cheapest price of given product or service
Valunomy: Highest ROI later. Most product or service for given cost

8. Prime 3 Direct Accountability and Directrix
Direct Accountability is the path of attribution of merit or blame. Creates distinctions between parties that are accountable, responsible and that approve.
The accountable party (AP) gets the work done
The responsible party (PP) provides the resources to the AP needed by the work
The probate party (PP) is given the authority to approve an output before it is passed on to the next UTP
The AP and PP are always separate
Together, the AP, RP and PP form the Directrix
AP, RP and PP mandates are assigned to individuals, never to groups
The execution of the work is managed at the interfaces between adjoining UTPs

9. Prime 4
Spend vs invest
All project decisions made in terms of what’s right for the project.
Invest vs Spend
All expenditures are viewed as investments into the future ROI performance of the asset.
Valunomy
Valunomy decides the choice, based on TIC and TCO considerations.
Budgets
Budgets designed to acquire the highest long-term ROI potential, not immediate cost savings.
Engineering bias
Development expenditures biased towards lifecycles 1 through 4.
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10. Prime 5 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ICPM Lifecycle Phases 1 Installation integration
Plant design and nucleation
Asset mitosis
Construction
Physical configuration of asset
Construction basis
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Realization planning
Asset validation
System definition
Plant integration
Conceptualization stage
Realization stage

11. Prime 6 Unit Transformation Process (UTP)
Fundamental tool for sequencing work and its associated tasks.
The UTP runs a set of inputs through a process to produce one or more outputs
Attributes are qualifiers to be embedded into the output (a part number for eg.)
Targets quantify the execution of the activity
Characteristics are derived from the contents of the output (eg. quantities)
Metrics are progress actuals vs targets
Enablers are supplied by the organization to execute the activity
Constraints bound the work

12. Prime 7 Acceptance Maturity Model
Work verification based on trust but verify rather than review and approve
What is implies
Acceptance levels
Vendor maturity levels
Faith in the
work of others.
Hire competent parties to do the work.
Execute checks as a function of acceptance basis.
1 Execute and
accept.
2 Execute, approve & accept.
3 Execute, verify
approve & accept.
4 Execute, validate, verify, approve & accept.
Based on expertise and history:
Expertise: SME & Domain
History: Owner & track record
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