Planning Duties? Limits? Specifics? Titles?
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Hi R,
Am afraid I cannot give any contribution because my job is to get more EOT otherwise I will be fired. On avoiding overruns, once I done the programme, I only monitor and report progress against programme. Its PM and construction teams responsibility to complete the works on schedule.
I respect your opnion.
Best Regards,
Nestor
All,
Roles and resposibilities varies from one company to another.
A company that has aligned itself in using PMI or globally accepted PM guidelines has better and clear directions on what their staffs should be doing. While the one generated by companies that has management with no proper PM training, a Planner could be doing things beyond his reach.
A more interesting shift to this topic would be a sharing discussion on what we planners should do daily to avoid EOT and cost overruns. Ferdinand & Nestor has a lot to contribute on this.
Best regards,
R. Catalan
Hi Ferdinand,
You may be right Ferdie, but how can we clearly define specific roles of every job title if say, in 1 organization the sr. planning engineer reports directly to PM while in other organization the planning manager reports to the PM.
The point am tryimg to come at is start defining role of planning in the organization and then distribute them to specific planning job title.
I dont know, its your call.
Cheers,
Organizational setup and size indeed vary as per the different type of projects. But in this subject, isnt it worth defining the specific roles or normal roles that there should be for every planning job title? I think that this will help identify ones function to focus on and be effecient enough in their organizational contribution and responsibility. Besides, the basic pay of each role are really of great difference, isnt it?
Cheers!
In a medium size project, normally the planning is taken care of by 1 sr. planning engineer. In 1 big project, there is planning manager, sr. planning engineers and planning engineers. In extremely big project there will be sr. planning manager, planning managers, sr. planning engineers, etc.
What is the difference of the role of 1 sr. planning engineer in a medium size project from the role of 1 planning team in 1 big project or 1 extremely big project?
Cheers,
A project engineer in one company is a planning engineer in another and a business manager in another. I know Directors who manange less people in one company than senior project controllers do in other companies.
IMHO, there is nothing in a name, its all about experience, as that is what prospective employers are going to pay for.
All,
Set apart roles and responsibilities from a Consultant and Contractors side.
Regards,