How does the software help?
We once gave a client’s project team a list of software they used and asked which they were most proficient in. And which they used…
ViewRaiders of the lost archives
What are you doing to help your clients benefit from expert advice during a dispute, and even after it? It never ceases to amaze me…
ViewSkin in the game
Back before I started Epeus, shortly after I’d joined a large construction project, we were evaluating proposals for two identical topsides modules. The team had…
View‘Let’s just do it…’
The client’s own team was stocked with knowledgeable and experienced people, and they also had solid project control processes. Yet they suffered from such continual…
ViewAspiring to make a decent return
A few years ago, an OEM in the bioenergy sector embarked on a program to scale up. To sell more of their specialist products they…
ViewThe perils of butterfly collecting
In our experience, few organizations are as effective at knowledge capture and transfer as they imagine. While they may, as part of their project governance…
ViewThriving in a man’s world
“I love upstream energy because it’s a very small community and very connected. Wherever you go in the world, you’ll find someone who knows someone…
ViewM&A: regaining alignment
It was winter, 2001, and my then employer had just acquired a competitor, inheriting a portfolio of ongoing projects. I, on the other hand, was…
ViewOne size does not fit all
Fuelled by the global economic meltdown, consolidation was rife among drilling contractors and a merger between Pride Offshore and ENSCO was on the cards.
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