OECS REGIONAL ENGINEERS WORKSHOP

OECS REGIONAL ENGINEERS WORKSHOP

Grenadian by Rex Resorts, December 2nd and 3rd 2013

Purpose of this Workshop

• Formation of an OECS Engineering Association• Knowledge sharing• Sharing of experiences under the RDVRP program• Continuing Professional Development• Networking

FORMATION OF OECS ENGINEERS ASSOCIATION

Proposed Methodology

•WHY THE ASSOCIATION•SWOT ANALYSIS• VISION and MISSION STATEMENTS• MODALITIES

• Organisational issues• RFPs, EOIs, ToRs•Procurement matters•Project Development•Human Resource constraints• Approval process

SHARING RDVRP EXPERIENCES

Continuing Professional Development

NETWORKING

Recapping purpose of this workshop

• Formation of an OECS Engineering Association• Knowledge sharing• Sharing of experiences under the RDVRP program• Continuing Professional Development• Networking

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BEGINNING OF FIRST WORKING SESSION

FORMATION OF OECS ENGINEERS ASSOCIATION

Proposed Methodology

•WHY THE ASSOCIATION•SWOT ANALYSIS (interactive / iterative process)• VISION and MISSION STATEMENTS• MODALITIES

Why an OECS Engineers Association ?

•Knowledge sharing• Sharing of experiences under the RDVRP program• Continuing Professional Development• Networking

SWOT ANALYSIS

SWOT What will be the :• Strengths (internal)• Weakness (internal)• Opportunities (external)• Threats (external) that the Association will be faced with ?

STRENGTHS

•Laudable motives• Enthusiasm• Short term funding available• Experienced members• Monopoly• Political support• Institutional support•Knowledge sharing

WEAKNESSES

•Small group with workload on possibly even less

• Interim membership

• Members busy

• Undefined organisational structure

• Members not familiar with each other

• Scattered locations of membership

• Insufficient buy-in by members

•Insufficient diversity of membership

•Apathy of membership

OPPORTUNITIES

• Helps further regional integration

• Engineering think tank

• Assist in faster project implementation

• Harmonised methodologies

• Greater collaboration with funding agencies

• Inter island ministerial collaboration

• Continuing Professional Development

• Improved regional professional network

•Enhance engineering profession

THREATS

• Lack of funding• Loss of interest by financial institutions• New similar Association formed•Loss of political support

DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES

STRENGTH WEAKNESS

OPPORTUNITY We must use our strengths to take advantage of opportunities

Overcome weaknesses by taking advantage of opportunities

THREAT Use strengths to avoid threats

Minimise weaknesses and avoid threats

SWOT Analysis by Campbell Soups

STRENGTHS

1. Current profit ratio increased2. Employee morale high3. Market share has increased

WEAKNESSES

1. Legal suits not resolved2. Plant capacity has fallen3. Lack of strategic management system

OPPORTUNITIES

1. Western European unification2. Rising health consciousness in selecting foods3. Demand for soups increasing annually

Opportunity-Strength (OS) Strategies

Acquire food company in Europe (S1, S3, O1)

Develop new healthy soups (S2, O2)

Opportunity-Weakness (OW) Strategies

Develop new Pepperidge Farm products (W1, O2, O3)

THREATS

1. Low value of dollar2. Tin cans are not biodegradable

Threat-Strength (TS) Strategies

Develop new biodegradable soup containers (S1, T2)

Threat-Weakness (TW) Strategies

Close unprofitable European operations (W3, T1)

How can we use our strengths to take advantage of our

opportunities ?STRENGTHS

• Laudable motives• Enthusiasm• Short term funding available• Experienced members• Monopoly• Political support• Institutional support

OPPORTUNITIES

• Helps further regional integration



• Harmonised regional methodologies





• Enhance engineering profession

In what ways can we use our strengths to avoid threats ?

STRENGTHS

•Laudable motives• Enthusiasm• Short term funding available• Experienced members• Monopoly• Political support• Institutional support

THREATS

•Lack of funding• Loss of interest by financial institutions• New similar Association formed•Loss of political support

How do we overcome our weaknesses by taking advantages of opportunities ?

WEAKNESS


• Interim membership• Members busy • Undefined organisational structure• Members not familiar with each other

• Scattered locations of membership• Insufficient buy-in by members•Insufficient diversity of membership•Apathy of membership

OPPORTUNITY

•Helps further regional integration



• Harmonised methodologies





•Enhance image of engineering profession

We must find ways of minimising weaknesses and

avoiding threatsWEAKNESS


• Interim membership• Members busy • Undefined organisational structure

• Members not familiar with each other

• Scattered locations of membership

• Insufficient buy-in by members• Insufficient diversity of membership

•Apathy of membership

THREAT

•Lack of funding

• Loss of interest by financial institutions

• New similar Association formed

•Loss of political support

How do we define a clear path going forward ?

Mission and Vision Statements provide Goals and Objectives

Vision Statement

Long term goals and objectives of the

association of both an inspirational and

aspirational nature

Mission Statement

Explains the Associations reason for existing

Why a Mission and Vision Statement ?

“If you don’t know where you are going, any road will take you there”

Mission Statement Guidelines

• Defines purpose and primary objectives• Why the Association and for whom•Target audience• Products and services – deliverables• What level of service should the association provide• What is association trying to accomplish

Mission Statement Examples

Starbucks: To inspire and nurture the human spirit – one person, one cup and one neighborhood at a time.

Amazon: To be the most customer-centric company in the world, where people can find and discover anything they want to buy online.

Intel: Delight our customers, employees, and shareholders by relentlessly delivering the platform and technology advancements that become essential to the way we work and live.

Ebay: Provide a global trading platform where practically anyone can trade practically anything.

Vision Statement Guidelines• In ten/fifteen years from now …… (how the region has changed) by …….. (the associations achievements)• Leave the “how” to the mission statement• Should be aspirational (pull factor)• Should be inspirational (push factor)• Should articulate at least a regional view

Modalities

• What organisational structure should we have• How many meeting per year• What format should the meeting take• Who should attend these meetings• Should private sector be involved• Communication methods

Top Twenty Engineering Terminologies

1. A number of different approaches are being tried. (We don't know where we're going, but we're moving.) 2. Close project coordination. (We should have asked someone else.) 3. An extensive report is being prepared on a fresh approach to the problem. (We just hired 3 guys. We'll let them kick it around for a while.) 4. Major technological breakthrough. (Back to the drawing board.)


5. Customer satisfaction believed assured. (We're so far behind schedule that the customer is happy to get anything at all from us.) 6. Preliminary operational test were inconclusive. (The darn thing blew up when we threw the switch!) 7. The test results were extremely gratifying. (It works and boy are we surprised.) 8. The entire concept will have to be abandoned. (The only guy who understood the thing quit.)


9. It is in the process. (It is so wrapped up in red tape that the situation is almost hopeless.) 10. We will look into it. (By the time the wheel makes a full turn, we will assume you have forgotten about it.) 11. Please note and initial. (Let's spread the responsibility for this job.) 12. Give us the benefit of your thinking. (We'll listen to what you have to say as long as it doesn't interfere with what we have already done.)


13. Give us your interpretation. (Your warped opinion will be pitted against our good sense.) 14. See me, or Let's discuss. (Come down to my office, I'm lonesome.) 15. All new. (Parts not interchangeable with previous design.) 16. Rugged. (Too heavy to lift.) 17. Lightweight. (Lighter than rugged.)


18. Years of development. (Finally got one that worked.) 19. Energy saving. (Achieved when the power switch is off.) 20. No maintenance. (Impossible to fix!)

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THAT’S ALL FOLKS AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION

OECS REGIONAL ENGINEERS WORKSHOP

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