Audit

PREAMBLE

You work on large and complex EPC (Engineering, Procurement, Construction) projects, on the basis of public or private contracts. Your engineers and KPI project managers are fully committed to personalized training, support for employees to improve their skills, or you are contractually committed to new projects with complexity and a multitude of interfaces, … unfortunately few projects seem to respect the contractual milestones or partial deadlines set at contract signature as well as the costs originally estimated. According to statistics related to project management, less than 30% of projects seem to meet success criteria for finishing the projects within the contractual costs and deadlines.

 

The audit of a project allows first of all to :

• Confirm the feasibility of the project
• Reassure the company’s project management
• Confirm the possibility of continuing the project and investigate the particular problems of the project
• To find out the disturbances encountered in the execution of a project.

The main purpose of the project audit is to assess:

• The governance and adequacy of the processes deployed for the project
• The methods and tools related to project management and contract administration

So, the analysis of the audit can be given to the management or the steering committee so they can decide on the best way to go about things and what changes need to be made.

AUDIT THE PROJECT

The audit primarily necessitates preparation, which includes reading the contract and comprehending the scope of services for all project contents.

The MESLI Consulting methodology used is based on the good practices as defined in the PMBOK. MESLI Consulting will establish personalized interviews with your teams, including: the project director, the project manager, the project contract engineer, the engineer in charge of the contract administration, the project buyer, the project planning and reporting engineer, etc.

An audit opinion is formulated, and recommendations will be established in order to mitigate the identified risks and make the customer relationship more fluid.

 

AUDIT REPORT – PROJECT SUPPORT 

The audit report will be presented by the MESLI Consulting teams to the Project Management office or the Executive Committee with remarks and proposals for solutions to improve the current practices.

In order to meet your needs, actions can be taken in collaboration with the customer to implement a dedicated resource for project management as well as contractual management. The audit report will highlight a statement of recommendations with an action plan validated upstream .

In a spirit of accompaniment, MESLI Consulting recommends a regular follow-up of the actions carried out on the basis of regular intervals agreed with the customer.