About this Presentation
Critical Chain is making inroads into sectors like construction, infrastructure and capital assets where most of the project work is delivered by suppliers and contractors. Construction & capital projects often use standard contracting forms that embed conventional methods into the required workflow. This presentation will discuss how you can overcome the obstacle of conventional contracting to the wider use of Critical Chain.
What Will You Learn
To help you get the most value from this session, we’ve highlighted a few key points. These takeaways capture the main ideas and practical insights from the presentation, making it easier for you to review, reflect, and apply what you’ve learned.
The speakers discussed the importance of modifying non-collaborative contract forms to better suit CCPM methodologies, emphasizing the need for collaboration and the implementation of a collaborative clause in contracts.
They warned against relying on 'hopium' and instead advised taking proactive steps to align contracts with CCPM principles, including the encouragement and requirement of collaborative behavior from all project participants.
The speakers also highlighted the potential pitfalls of not adapting contracts to suit CCPM methodologies, suggesting that this could lead to challenges in project management and delivery.
Instructor(s)
Sarah Schutte
Sarah Schutte is an Independent Solicitor-Advocate (England and Wales, 2001, 2007), legal consultant, and training provider. She is also a specialist in construction and engineering, infrastructure and commercial development contracts with 20 years’ qualified experience, including 15 years working directly within industry. Expertise in collaborative contracting and ADR. Niche practice in Project Management, Project Controls, P3M, PMO and Law. Advice on project structures, all forms of contracts, and support to corporate and property transactions.
Ian Heptinstall
Ian is an Associate Professor of Project Management at the University of Birmingham (UK).
He is a late-career academic, joining the University after 35 years of working in project management, procurement and management consulting.
His project & procurement experience primarily in the capex, construction & engineering fields.
He has been a regular TOCICO Conference attendee since 2011, and in 2020 he helped set up the annual Critical Chain virtual conference, to share CC real world experience with project management practitioners who have little or no knowledge of TOC or critical chain.
In 2016 he published “The Executive Guide to Breakthrough Project Management” about overcoming obstacles to using critical chain on capital/construction projects, in collaboration with Robert Bolton, and he supported Rene Nibbelke in producing the APM’s “Senior Managers’ and Project Managers’ Guide to Critical Chain” (2024