Project Execution: Converting Skills to Cash

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Last week, our bargaining skills were put to the test. We had to prove our ability to interpret a design, lift it from its abstract form on a sheet of paper and breathing life into it as a sample on the wall. You can read more about it on my post entitled Showcasing Fence Design Aesthetics.

That post did not talk about bargaining skills, which include using effective communication skills to sell your service at a price that completely executes the project in good time with some reasonable margin leftover as gain.

A good margin is only possible when you give the right quote as project budget, which requires skill in cost estimation, where you calculate the quantity of materials, labor and overheads.
To stay within the expected deadlines, a good time management skill is required with the ability to run some calculations and allocate resources like tools and manpower.

Once the project gets a green light, we know we can't work alone, a team is often needed.
Real networking skill had been used to cultivate a talent pool resulting in a skill database from which the team is assembled.

Now our success depends on the ability to manage these skilled workers, share the vision, assign roles, responsibilities and tasks. We boost their moral, reward their service to keep them working, while assuming a supervisory role.

To get the supervisory role right, more than a fair knowledge of the work they are doing is important, coupled with attention to details and an aesthetic eye.

Being disciplined and enthusiastic about the work is contagious. The team mirrors our spirit and good vibes, prioritising safety and excellence. With instructions speeding down the command line and surgestions traveling up at the same speed, we have a real feedback system in place.

Ready to quickly settle differences among workers, allocating materials, tools and resource persons. The work glides gracefully with minimal resistance and hiccups.

Executing a project require a lot of skills. Only 20 per cent of which is taught in school.

We are more than halfway through the project. The shorter pillars are 100% completed while the longer pillars are still being erected using metal scaffolds.

The estimated date for completion is Friday, two days away, while the deadline is Tuesday next week.

Conclusion

A lot of skills are sunked in to a project, both soft skills and technical skills. It is this ability to manage risk and resources that differentiates the contractor from the artisans who makes it happen.

A collection of this skills is what is being exchanged for money in the execution of this project.

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Composer	@manuelhooks
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Capture location	Tropicana
Posting Date	Wednesday 11, February
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