Metamorphosis worked with Suncor to design and implement a more consistent and streamlined estimating process for $400M of annual projects.
Client: Near Fort McMurray in northern Alberta, Suncor recovers bitumen from oil sands and upgrades it to refinery-ready feedstock and diesel fuel.
Situation: The Sustaining Projects group within Suncor Oil Sands wanted to implement a consistent, effective estimating process that would improve the accuracy of estimates for the $400 million worth of projects they execute each year.
Approach: Metamorphosis facilitated a series of workshops with representatives of all the key roles involved in the estimating process for one of the Program teams. First, the ideal process for estimating was designed. Next roles, accountabilities, standards and implementation considerations were developed. Finally, the team developed implementation and risk mitigation plans.
Results: Within 6 weeks, all members of the Program team were enthusiastically committed to execute the new process, and to measure the compliance with the process. The Manager of Estimating adopted the resulting process as the initial standard to discuss with all the other Program teams. A relationship of trust was developed between the Estimating Function and the Program Team.