Carl Smith
Director & Technical Lead for PMO & Programme Buildings & Places - AtkinsRéalis
Carl is a director with over 20 years of experience delivering project, programme, and PMO services for senior stakeholders. He has successfully led the growth of PMO and Programme Management capabilities within Building & Places and serves as the UK Discipline Lead for PMO & Programme. Carl is also an accredited P3M3 assessor, helping organisations evaluate and improve their portfolio, programme, and project management maturity to enhance delivery performance and strategic outcomes.
Session: Think big for a more sustainable future!
A roadmap to address two fundamental industry challenges (and how a PMO would be essential to deliver success):
1. Insufficient Capital
- Exploring how project scope and objectives are often not aligned with the identified budget.
- Rather than reduce the scope or scale of a project there’s a benefit to look at the problem differently.
- Aggregate projects into programmes
- Larger programmes can attract institutional investment
- An alternative procurement strategy can help overcome Capital V Revenue budgeting issues
2. Meeting Sustainability & Net Zero targets
- Organisations often have admirable aspirations for sustainable projects but can’t include the full scope.
- Thinking about programmes rather than projects can be part of the answer, with the larger but more economical solutions available.
- Future Management & Maintenance issues can be off-set with a different approach to contracting.