Cooper Associates
Cooper Associates, a management consulting firm, pioneers of simulation
modeling for design and construction projects, employs Change Impact
Assessment and Mitigation to reduce the cost of large projects.
Project Change Impact Assessment
and Mitigation
We have designed, built, tested, and implemented a
simulation model-based system to aid project management.
The model is set up for and tailored to each engineering &
construction project. It is then used to foresee future cost &
schedule impacts of project changes, and most important, test
ways to avoid the impacts. This “Change Impact Assessment
& Mitigation” system has now been used on well over 100
different projects. Hundreds of project managers and planners
have been trained in the ongoing internal use of the system.
In addition to providing a better understanding of the project-
wide effects of changes, the cost savings to clients now
measures in the billions of dollars.
and Mitigation
We have designed, built, tested, and implemented a
simulation model-based system to aid project management.
The model is set up for and tailored to each engineering &
construction project. It is then used to foresee future cost &
schedule impacts of project changes, and most important, test
ways to avoid the impacts. This “Change Impact Assessment
& Mitigation” system has now been used on well over 100
different projects. Hundreds of project managers and planners
have been trained in the ongoing internal use of the system.
In addition to providing a better understanding of the project-
wide effects of changes, the cost savings to clients now
measures in the billions of dollars.
| Best Modeling Application in the World Kenneth Cooper and Greg Lee were presented with the System Dynamics Society 2009 Award for The Best Modeling Application in the World. 'Managing the Dynamics of Projects and Changes at Fluor' |
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| ECRI names 'Cooper Rework Cycle' as Industry Best Practice The Engineering and Construction Risk Institute designated this approach as the best practice for navigating change impacts anywhere in the industry. |
| A language for understanding and communicating the effects of change |
“Change Impact
Assessment shows just
how valuable avoiding
project difficulties can
be. What they have
accomplished is
remarkable… [It is] one
of the best applications
of system dynamics to
important real-world
problems." - John Sterman,
Jay W. Forrester
Professor of
Management, MIT
Assessment shows just
how valuable avoiding
project difficulties can
be. What they have
accomplished is
remarkable… [It is] one
of the best applications
of system dynamics to
important real-world
problems." - John Sterman,
Jay W. Forrester
Professor of
Management, MIT