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Table 1 highlights the importance of owner-oversight as a way of managing the tension between the differences in objectives:ġ. Table 1 below illustrates how owners and contractors are likely to be motivated by different project objectives. This fact leads to differences in incentives, risk management, and decision-making behavior. When a project fails, the project owner bears some of the responsibility and, by distinction, the measures of a project's success or failure from an owner's perspective are not the same as those contracted to perform it.

In 2016, for every $1 billion invested in the United States, $122 million was wasted due to lacking project performance.

In 2013, the Standish Group reported that “fewer than a third of all projects were successfully completed on time and on budget over the past year.”.

Project Management is a well-defined discipline, punctuated by a globally accepted and robust standard called the project management book of knowledge (PMBOK). There is no shortage of literature or subject matter expertise on the art of project management and its principles, practices, processes, and techniques. However, there is little literature on the standards for owner-oversight.Īlthough the foundation of trade rests on the assumption that reputable parties engage in commerce as a "win win" proposition, there are often winners and losers, and projects do fail. In 2016, a study conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers found approximately 97% of organizations believe project management is critical to organizational success and business performance. The reports below illustrate that regardless of the importance given, poor project oversight is still a significant problem. The term "contractor" broadly refers to the internal or external principle entity obligated to perform the work under a binding agreement.

It is owners, shareholders, or their agents overseeing projects performed on their behalf by a contractor. To learn more about owner oversight of capital projects go to. Feedback is a gift, so I welcome any feedback readers may have. I can count on one hand the times I’ve been a "project manager." However, I’ve been a project oversight manager for too many projects to count. That means overseeing chartered (outsourced) capital projects led by project teams working for a general contractor. In this capacity, I’ve overseen projects as the owner’s agent for construction, fabrication of major components, shipping of high value items, overhaul of nuclear power plants, decommissioning, dismantlement, and outsourced maintenance and operations. From this vantage point, I see project oversight as a separate discipline from project management and thought I would write about it.

First, perhaps some context. I don’t really consider myself a project manager in the PMBOK® framing of it.