Overview
We see it all the time. A project plan finalized after much back-slapping ending in smoke. A plan adopted by the top management and supported by key decision makers are not full proof. One reason is that people are reluctant to speak up about their reservations during the planning phase. People generally find it risky to raise impolite or politically incorrect objections to a plan proposed by their bosses and embrace the safety of silence. By making it safe for dissenters who are knowledgeable about the undertaking and worried about its weaknesses to speak up, we can improve a project’s chances of success.
A pre-mortem is the hypothetical opposite of a post-mortem. A pre-mortem in a business setting comes at the beginning of a project rather than the end, so that the project can be improved rather than autopsied. Unlike a typical critiquing session, in which project team members are asked what might go wrong, the pre-mortem operates on the assumption that the patient has died, and so asks what did go wrong. The team members’ task is to generate plausible reasons for the project’s failure.
Next the leader asks each team member, starting with the project manager, to read one reason from his or her list; everyone states a different reason until all have been recorded. After the session is over, the project manager reviews the list, looking for ways to strengthen the plan.
The corporate sector has to be very selective in choice of project before investment of capital. The project must be financially viable, technically sound and have a market for the projects that are envisaged. In order to help company management for right decision, Unicorn carries out feasibility studies and preparation of project reports, selection and evaluation of processes and technology.
Unicorn offers the following services for projects in the planning stage.
- Location Study
- Selection of technology
- Project Viability Studies
- Estimation of project cost
- Preparation of detailed project report
- Assistance in obtaining Statutory & Government approvals