No More Delayed Projects ?

 

Prime Minister Modi Asks For Dossiers On Delayed Projects To Fix Responsibility / Swarajya /  26 Aug 2021

 

Extract :

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has directed the Cabinet Secretary to prepare "dossiers" of delayed projects within one week and identify the officers and agencies responsible for the delays.

According to sources, PM Modi has issued the direction for fixing responsibility while chairing the monthly review of infrastructure projects and the government's flagship programmes on Wednesday.

On earlier occasions, Modi had asked the government departments to fix the responsibility for delays in project execution which not only results in time overrun but also cost escalation.

“The message was for every Central and state government department that now they will be held responsible for delays. The PM emphasised on the dossiers twice,” it is reliably learnt.

MY  TAKE  :

 

Dear Narendrabhai,

 

I hope those “ dossiers “ help you in fixing the responsibility of delays on specific officers – and take appropriate actions ( stagnation – transfer – demotion – dismissal ? )

But then, you just won’t have time to read hundreds of dossiers ( one for each delayed project )

In fact, this ( preparation and review of dossiers by you ) should NOT even be necessary, if the following suggestion ( which I have been e-mailing to all Cabinet Minister for past 6 YEARS, ) gets implemented :

Simply enable millions of citizen to openly VIEW on some website, PERT charts for each and every Infra project, which clearly highlights, dynamically / every day :

Ø  Amount of “ Time-Delay “ and “ Cost Over-run “ , as compared to the targets

Ø  Name of the Officer responsible ( along with his Mobile No / Email ID ) for each ACTIVITY on PERT

PERT technique was introduced in USA, some 50 years ago

Today, India’s software geeks are capable of :

Ø  Developing a much superior technique ( with DELAY-ALERTS being delivered on Mobiles )

Ø  Punishment / Promotion of concerned officers, as outlined at :

Artificial Intelligence to fix MP / MLA Salary ?................ [ 22 Feb 2018 ]

 

Let the entire process be available for REVIEW by citizen in an open / transparent manner

Things will improve dramatically

 

With regards,

Hemen Parekh  /  hcp@RecruitGuru.com / 27 Aug 2021  

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Nothing prettier than PERT ! ………………………………………… [ 04 Dec 2015 ]

Extract :

 

My suggestions  :

  

*    When any Ministry submits any Project Proposal for Cabinet approval, it must

      be accompanied by a PERT (Program Evaluation and Review Technique ) chart

     , clearly showing all the " Activities " lying along  the CRITICAL PATH ( earlier

      known as the CRITICAL PATH METHOD )

      

       That PERT Chart must accompany a tabulation showing , for each " Activity ",

 

     #   " Pessimistic Time "

 

     #    " Optimistic Time " , and the

 

     #    " Most likely Time "

 

      Since Admiral Rickover , introduced this mandatory requirement for awarding

      tender to build the first nuclear submarine, some 50 years ago , all US

      government departments follow this procedure for all govt contracts

        

 *    Insist that all the government departments / contractors, responsible for

       execution of any of these "activities", update the PERT chart status online on

       the web site of the Project Monitoring Group

        

*   PERT charts for all the projects should be made visible to the general public

 

 *   If there is any " slippage " in any activity lying on the CRITICAL PATH , the

      name of the department or contractor responsible , must appear in bold RED

      letters , against that activity

     

      This is the only INNOVATION that we need , to ensure that the projects get

      completed in time and within budget

     

 

Remembering Admiral Rickover ! …………………………….[ 04 June 2017 ]

Extract :

 

Decades ago , Admiral Rickover ( US Navy ) introduced the concept of PERT and

insisted that all future bids ( for Navy Contracts ) be accompanied by a PERT chart

  

If Defence Acquisition Council wants to ensure that this procurement does not

 meet the fate of many of our earlier attempts to develop indigenous technologies

 , where a 4 year project went on for 24 years , then DAC should seriously

 consider my following suggestion ( earlier sent as email to all Policy Makers )

 

 

PERT for Digital Dashboard………………………………………… [ 27 Feb 2018 ]

Extract :

Very soon, the Chief Minister will be able to monitor the status of all development projects in the state, in real-time, on his mobile, laptop and other digital platforms via a digital dashboard.

The State Directorate of Information Technology has been working on an electronic interface that aggregates and visualizes data from multiple sources.

In the second phase, members of the public can access a portion of the live dashboard, giving the workings of the projects transparency.

The digital dashboard will also help the CM fix loopholes, curb scams and anticipate and lift roadblocks.

My Suggestion :

If this “ digital dashboard “ has to become an instrument for fixing

accountability of officers / agencies responsible for project delays , then I urge

Shri Fadnavisji to employ project planning and review technique described in my

following blog

 

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Monitoring Projects in Real-time ? ……………………………….[ 11 Aug 2020 ]

Extract :

After a long wait , this suggestion seems to be on the verge of “ acceptance “

Suggestion :

          Ø   Getting all Infrastructure Projects Status updated in real time

          Ø   Enabling “ Distributed Updating “ of Project Status by different Ministries /

               Agencies

          Ø   Allowing all citizen to view latest status of any project, online on a Govt

               website

 

What tells you this might happen ?

Following news report in today’s Business Line ( 11 Aug 2020 ) :

Finance Minister launches online dashboard for National Infra Pipeline 

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