Sophisticated ambitions require sophisticated capabilities

Recognising the document has attracted extensive and diverse commentary, whatever view one might have of the 2009 DTF-sponsored Alliance Benchmarking Study (2), it is hard to disagree with the following assertions made therein:

“Alliancing is a very sophisticated development in delivering major infrastructure…and to extract the optimum Value for Money (VFM) from alliancing, changes must be made at both the alliance and whole of
government levels.”

Alliancing can be viewed as a sophisticated development because, by definition, alliancing is used to tackle the most complex projects and programs in agency portfolios. They are highly “emergent” in nature (ie dynamically forming, firming and morphing continually over time to accommodate external events, owner changes, innovations and ongoing value optimisation activities).

Alliances address a wide range of dynamic interdependent challenges and team members are expected to operate at the edge of personal capabilities. Additionally, participating organisations are required to individually and collectively support alliance objectives whilst satisfying their own corporate governance requirements.

The level of sophistication required to excel in these conditions is not always evident and this paper addresses one aspect of what must change to extract optimum Value for Money from alliancing.

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About your Author: Ken Lowe, Managing Director, PCI Alliance Services

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