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Vol. XII Issue IX - September 2010
Project Management eJournal
REGIONAL REPORT:
Project Management Update from Italy
By Antonello Bove
International Correspondent for PMForum & PM World Today
Rome, Italy
Washington, DC, USA
More than 10 years to close a project
An interesting report on infrastructure projects has been published recently in Italy by the Italian Ministry of Economic. The study has analyzed 1,600 medium and large projects funded by the government, learning that the average of a project life is 3796 days, more than ten years, for projects with a budget of 100 million (and up) euro and eight years for a project below 100 millions.
The ten years are divided in three phases: the planning and approval process with an average of four years and up, the bidding process with an average less than a year and the execution phase with almost 50% of the entire schedule.
The main reasons for the extensive process are associated with the long approval procedures, lack of resources in term of funds allocation, and difficulties in the execution phase. In particular, the execution phase incurred conflicts with local administration, unexpected discovery of archeological sites and repeated adjustments or changes of scope.
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Antonello Bove
Antonello Bove is an International Correspondent for PMForum and PM World Today. Based in Washington, DC and Rome, Italy, Mr. Bove is also an Consultant for the Inter-American Investment Corporation (IIC), the private investment arm of the Inter-American Development Bank. At IIC, he is leader of a program designed to strengthen European ties with Latin America and the Caribbean; he spends his time equally between Italy, Latin America and the USA. Antonello was previously CEO of Robur Corporation, a manufacturer and marketer of gas absorption air-conditioning technology based in Indiana. He was also previously a Partner at Proginvest in Rome, Italy, and a business development & government affairs manager at Iniziativa SpA (Milan-Rome, Italy), today Ernst & Young. He is a visiting professor at ABITA - Project Management University of Florence, Italy. Antonello is the author of the project management book, La metodologia dei 12 Step www.lametodologiadei12step.com ,published in Italy by Hoepli in 2008. Antonello has a degree in Economics and Business Administration from the University of Rome “La Sapienza” (1987) and is a graduate of the Executive Program on General Management from the University of Michigan (2002). A member of the “Italian Association of Journalists” since 1987, he is also a member of the Project Management Institute (PMI®) and the American Management Association (AMA). Additional information about Antonello can be found at http://www.pmforum.org/pm%20forum%20team/index.htm. Antonello can be contacted at: antonellobove@aol.com. |
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