About the KT Project
To some degree, every capital energy or industrial project (project) has the same ticking time bomb waiting to wreak havoc on its success. The risk is often unseen when projects begin with energized teams and aggressive schedules. It is overlooked as boxes are checked and deliverables are produced. The ticking becomes audible much later in the project, when deliverables that are incomplete, incorrect, or late begin to pile up. By then, teams are supposed to be ramping down, but problems are identified and rework is required. Consequently, project close‑out and construction are delayed. The bigger the project, the bigger the risk.
Eventually, the corrections are made, the rework is completed, and lessons about how to improve quality are learned. Or are they? This is not a personnel problem; the teams are brilliant and hard‑working. This is a systems problem. The knowledge required for project success is tribal. It exists, but is not captured in a way future projects can readily use. This happens repeatedly, project after project. It is frustrating and unnecessary.
Finally, I decided to stop watching this happen and provide a solution. So, I built the Knowledge Transfer (KT) Project on one simple premise: a project should not have to repeatedly figure everything out from scratch or rely on guesswork.
The KT Project name is deliberate and was coined when I published the article Canada’s Oil & Gas Workforce Will Need More Than Talent. The article describes how PetroLMI’s research about Canada’s oil & gas workforce concluded that diversification would provide additional needed resources. However, diversification alone is not enough. New talent cannot thrive without knowledge transfer – the process by which experienced personnel share knowledge, practical experience, behaviours and skills with colleagues and the personnel who will replace them.
This is not consulting in the traditional corporate sense – an advisory service that produces a glossy 50-page report and then walks away. Instead, it is practical, proven know-how for the teams who need it, when it will save the most time and money.
The KT Project ensures teams do not gain experience the hard way at the end of a project. We do not replace your people; we provide them with the tools and resources they need to get the job right the first time, from the start.
The KT Project saves organizations significant time and money by providing practical resources to leverage expert knowledge transfer that supports successful project execution. KT Project documents may be used as-is and are customizable. They can also be rebranded (white labelled) for your organization. Alternatively, existing organizational resources can be updated to better support successful project execution.