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OECS REGIONAL ENGINEERS WORKSHOP

OECS REGIONAL ENGINEERS WORKSHOP. Grenadian by Rex Resorts, December 2 nd and 3 rd 2013. 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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OECS REGIONAL ENGINEERS WORKSHOP

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  1. OECS REGIONAL ENGINEERS WORKSHOP Grenadian by Rex Resorts, December 2nd and 3rd 2013

  2. Purpose of this Workshop • Formation of an OECS Engineering Association • Knowledge sharing • Sharing of experiences under the RDVRP program • Continuing Professional Development • Networking

  3. FORMATION OF OECS ENGINEERS ASSOCIATION Proposed Methodology • WHY THE ASSOCIATION • SWOT ANALYSIS • VISION and MISSION STATEMENTS • MODALITIES

  4. SHARING RDVRP EXPERIENCES • Organisational issues • RFPs, EOIs, ToRs • Procurement matters • Project Development • Human Resource constraints • Approval process

  5. Continuing Professional Development

  6. NETWORKING

  7. Recapping purpose of this workshop • Formation of an OECS Engineering Association • Knowledge sharing • Sharing of experiences under the RDVRP program • Continuing Professional Development • Networking

  8. END OF OPENING CEREMONY • BEGINNING OF FIRST WORKING SESSION

  9. FORMATION OF OECS ENGINEERS ASSOCIATION Proposed Methodology • WHY THE ASSOCIATION • SWOT ANALYSIS (interactive / iterative process) • VISION and MISSION STATEMENTS • MODALITIES

  10. Why an OECS Engineers Association ? • Knowledge sharing • Sharing of experiences under the RDVRP program • Continuing Professional Development • Networking

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

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

  13. 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

  14. 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

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

  16. DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES

  17. SWOT Analysis by Campbell Soups

  18. How can we use our strengths to take advantage of our opportunities ? OPPORTUNITIES Helps further regional integration Engineering think tank Assist in faster project implementation Harmonised regional methodologies Greater collaboration with funding agencies Inter island ministerial collaboration Continuing Professional Development Improved regional professional network Enhance engineering profession STRENGTHS • Laudable motives • Enthusiasm • Short term funding available • Experienced members • Monopoly • Political support • Institutional support

  19. In what ways can we use our strengths to avoid threats ? THREATS Lack of funding Loss of interest by financial institutions New similar Association formed Loss of political support STRENGTHs • Laudable motives • Enthusiasm • Short term funding available • Experienced members • Monopoly • Political support • Institutional support

  20. How do we overcome our weaknesses by taking advantages of opportunities ? OPPORTUNITY 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 image of engineering profession WEAKNESS • 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

  21. We must find ways of minimising weaknesses and avoiding threats THREAT Lack of funding Loss of interest by financial institutions New similar Association formed Loss of political support WEAKNESS • 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

  22. How do we define a clear path going forward ?

  23. 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

  24. Why a Mission and Vision Statement ? • “If you don’t know where you are going, any road will take you there”

  25. 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

  26. 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.

  27. 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

  28. 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

  29. 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.)

  30. Top Twenty Engineering Terminologies • 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.)

  31. Top Twenty Engineering Terminologies • 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.)

  32. Top Twenty Engineering Terminologies • 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.)

  33. Top Twenty Engineering Terminologies • 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!)

  34. THE END • THAT’S ALL FOLKS AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION

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