- Dr. Luis (Luigi) Amendola, PhD.
- Journal Magazine, Vol. 31
The Key to Successful Plant Shutdowns
Many of us wonder how it’s possible to achieve success in plant shutdowns, and let me tell you that the answer is simpler than we expect. A great colleague and friend used to say that the key to good execution was to put a lot of effort into planning and a bit into celebrating what was achieved. This great colleague had not studied a master’s in projects nor was he certified as a PMI (Project Manager Professional), but he did have a clear vision that the steps prior to execution are not only important, but the most important.
That is why I am accompanying this editor’s letter with this photograph, in which I want to highlight that, to be able to travel a road without potholes—or at least without so many—we must regain the discipline of planning and, of course, strengthen the discipline of executing what was planned. It is no longer enough to have training in project leadership and management; we must also develop the discipline every good manager should have: “Plan before you execute.”
The question is: What is the weakness of our plant shutdowns?
