OrgMetrics Momentum PartneringTM Programs
A Momentum Partnering Program is a comprehensive, integrated and required process that fosters a culture of collaboration across all major projects in a facility owner’s capital or maintenance program. It may also include a process for working to establish an internal culture of collaboration among the owners’ functional units and external stakeholders that affect the projects.
While each program is designed to meet the specific needs and scale of an owner’s capital/maintenance program, there are elements that are often utilized. These include:
· Momentum Project Partnering – across all projects (see the OrgMetrics Best Practices Chart)
· Momentum Partnering Steering Committee – industry and owner(s) work together to identify barriers to collaboration and work to overcome each barrier.
· Internal Strategic Partnering – Creating collaboration between functions and looking for global optimization vs local optimization. Becoming congruent with collaboration so it is natural on the projects as well.
· External Strategic Partnering – None of our projects are built in a vacuum. We must work with many other entities to get a project approved and built. Bringing everyone together to build consensus and agreement is essential for most projects.
· Program Performance Measures – to measure if we are achieving our desired objectives
· Guidance on how the Momentum Partnering Program works for this particular owner. Training is developed based on the guidance.
Facility owners today are looking to implement a Momentum Partnering Program to facilitate a culture change and help project teams work together in collaboration. A successful partnering program must develop a culture of collaboration between all participants in a construction project including owner teams (designer, public information, project and construction management), contractor teams (prime contractor, subcontractors of any tier and suppliers) and any third parties that can impact the outcome of the project (utility owners, permitting agencies, funding agencies). The result of a successful partnering program is a culture shift from the traditional adversarial relationship to project implementation with improved productivity, fewer claims and increased engagement and satisfaction by the people working on the projects.
