Hopkins Associates are constantly looking for new ways to develop useful methodologies to assist with the ever increasing complexities of refurbishment and construction projects.  The market place is awash with private companies claiming to have the solution to all problems.  It is common to trace alot of the successes of a project back to some basic cornerstones of organisational behaviours and attitudes.

A recent whitepaper has been issued by IRIS Project Solutions who have distilled project success into 4 main criteria;

1.  Make friends with change – Use change as an opportunity to better deliver the clients needs.

2.  Make your team interchangeable – Your team needs to evolve, let them!

3.  Make the customer your partner – encourage an honest and transparent relationship with client and team.

4.  Make the customer your champion – your client can be your advocate within their organisation.

There is a link to IRIS PSA Solutions website here so that you can read the full whitepaper.  The paper gives an interesting slant on the reasons for success which are never usually interrogated during the lifetime of a project.  The cornerstones outlined here are by no means exhaustive but are used by Hopkins Associates as part of our client delivery and project management service.