The IPA Institute in 2012 will hold seminars throughout South America covering the topics of mining projects, megaprojects, general project management, contracting, exploration & production, cost and schedule, and small projects. Read more about each course below and click the location links for event-specific details.
Best Practices for Mining Projects identifies effective strategies for the following: defining mining and minerals project that best meet business needs; building an effective team; implementing contracting strategy; improving the business value; implementing technology improvements; understanding and managing risks; setting and achieving competitive targets; controlling a project as it progresses through execution and planning and scheduling projects.
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April 24-25
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September 25-26
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Megaprojects – Concepts, Strategies, and Practices for Success is based on IPA’s ongoing research that seeks to reduce the high incidence of failure in megaprojects. The course materials are derived from more than 300 megaprojects contained in IPA’s proprietary Megaproject Database, representing over 80 sponsor organizations and with an average cost of $3.5 billion (in 2010 terms).
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May 29-31
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October 9-11
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Project Management Best Practices focuses on the key aspects of project planning and execution: the critical Front-End Loading (FEL) phase; elements of contracting strategy, key components of team effectiveness, implementing Value Improving Practices (VIPs); identifying and managing project risks, drivers of improved construction safety, activities needed for controlling a project through execution; and managing change.
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June 26-28
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November 27-29
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Contracting in the Changing World of Projects shares knowledge on how contracting approaches and strategy are linked to business value. Owner teams often lack data and a process to guide the selecting of appropriate and effective contracting strategies for their capital projects. IPA’s contracting research over the past 20 years shows that the misalignment of contracting strategy with project specifics is often the root cause of project failure. In fact, problems with contracting strategies add 20 percent to cost and 18 percent to schedule relative to those projects that make more effective use of contract types.
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July 24-25
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October 23-24
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Exploration and Production Project Best Practices incorporates IPA’s proprietary model, “Pathways to Asset Success," based on a detailed root cause analysis of over 390 completed asset developments in the E&P industry. The model provides insights around overall project success and the quality of information in the early project phases; effective integration between the reservoir, facilities and wells programs; and team experience and integration via a good work process. The insights from the model are supported by a full suite of quantitative analysis for each link in the pathway, backed by quantitative multi-year research in Best Practices.
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August 7-9
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Establishing Effective Capital Cost and Schedule Processes teaches individuals to make the most effective use of available capital by setting accurate and reliable cost and schedule targets, which is an important consideration in making investment decisions, as most organizations have more opportunities than they have funds to invest.
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August 22-23
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Best Practices for Small Projects focuses on capital project planning and execution in the context of small and plant-based capital projects. Organizations spend between 30 to 65 percent of their capital budgets on small projects (less than US $10 million). IPA research has found that these small projects are frequently less successful than the larger projects executed by the same company. These small and plant projects are a mix of maintenance, regulatory, and revenue-generating projects.
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November 6-7
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The IPA Institute offers early registration discounts (10% off when registering one month in advance) and group discounts (25% off every fourth registration from the same company for the same course). Pricing varies per course.
As a Registered Education Provider of the Project Management Institute (PMI), IPA Institute course participants have the opportunity to claim Professional Development Units (PDUs) toward PMI certifications. PDU values for each course can be found by clicking on the location links above.