PMs - Coronavirus, project risks & issues...
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With respect if you are only now thinking about raising it as a risk you are a bit late to the party!
It's just about my biggest issue at present, taking more of my time than anything else. We have fab yards in Korea; 2 major clients who are heavily staffed from Italy; a government who are changing the entry/quarantine rules most days; another client who has put out an 'interesting' contingency plan; and I have around 300 US & UK employees who are wondering what the hell is going on.
It's just about my biggest issue at present, taking more of my time than anything else. We have fab yards in Korea; 2 major clients who are heavily staffed from Italy; a government who are changing the entry/quarantine rules most days; another client who has put out an 'interesting' contingency plan; and I have around 300 US & UK employees who are wondering what the hell is going on.
HUGE impact for me.
Just trying to "remotely" commission equipment in a health supplement factory in China.
Factory are mad keen to be up and running as demand is off the scale for the product, but we cannot attend site to commission.
Lots of remote access to optimise code and machine setup with lots of wechat video calls to enable the commissioning engineer in the UK to see what is happening.
7/10ths solution but it keeps the customer happy and we will charge to go back later for "real" 10/10th commissioning.
Just trying to "remotely" commission equipment in a health supplement factory in China.
Factory are mad keen to be up and running as demand is off the scale for the product, but we cannot attend site to commission.
Lots of remote access to optimise code and machine setup with lots of wechat video calls to enable the commissioning engineer in the UK to see what is happening.
7/10ths solution but it keeps the customer happy and we will charge to go back later for "real" 10/10th commissioning.
Currently fitting out an office in Milan. It's like painting the hallway through the letterbox. To be honest our local architect and more so contractors are doing a good job, on site, regular updates etc but you have to feel for them as things change on a daily basis. They are talking about transport restrictions which would definitely have a programme impact a lorry load of plasterboard not being as important as a lorry load of bog roll!
My current role is doing a service review. I've not had to ask about DR, business continuity, remote working and all that stuff as I've watched it fall apart in real-time. My report will be colorful!!
I've watched at arms length, hardware availability start to get a bit restrictive due to the hardware manufacturing in Asia. The partner this place works with warned us about loads of network kit starting to become less available. Not sure if this is indicative of other organisations or specific to the stuff they need to buy or whether it was in short supply anyway, but I'd assume this a problem for others.
I've watched at arms length, hardware availability start to get a bit restrictive due to the hardware manufacturing in Asia. The partner this place works with warned us about loads of network kit starting to become less available. Not sure if this is indicative of other organisations or specific to the stuff they need to buy or whether it was in short supply anyway, but I'd assume this a problem for others.
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