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PDRI MATRS – Taking Front End Planning to the Next Level

by Sandra MacGillivray | Sep 18, 2020 | PDRI

With its inception almost 25 years ago, the Project Definition Rating Index, better known as PDRI, has continued to evolve, becoming an industry-standard practice adopted by organizations worldwide. At Valency, we are dedicated to keeping clients abreast of the latest...

Not Bad for a 2-Hour Meeting!

by Mark Anderson | Sep 23, 2016 | PDRI

ROI of a 2-Hour Meeting Imagine what your leadership would say if you told them you could achieve 16% cost savings and 15% schedule savings on your next project, just by holding a 2 hour meeting? I just read a nice article from McKinsey on how chemical companies can...

Front End Planning on Renovation and Revamp Projects

by Mark Anderson | Jun 13, 2016 | PDRI

Front End Planning on Renovation and Revamp Projects: Managing a project can be challenging during the best of times. This challenge is increased when modifying or renovating an existing facility. Renovation and revamp projects focus on an existing facility, and can...

Maximizing the benefits of PDRI

by Mark Anderson | Dec 3, 2015 | PDRI

Carve for PDRI: The evolution of PDRI Over the past 20-years, many many companies have experienced massive benefits of using PDRI to improve scope definition. As project management processes have matured at companies using PDRI, the supporting tools for PDRI evolved...

What is PDRI & how can it help your projects? [Infographic]

by Mark Anderson | Sep 16, 2015 | PDRI

What is PDRI and how can it help your projects? Is your organization experiencing the impacts of poor scope definition? The PDRI methodology is proven to reduce risk in capital project delivery. It promotes rigorous scope definition and a collaborative review process...

Introducing PDRI for Small Industrial Projects

by Mark Anderson | Aug 11, 2015 | PDRI

Historically small projects represent 70% or more of an organization’s capital spend. Often minimal emphasis is placed on front end planning for small projects. We assume they carry lower risk than large projects, and if a project team goes over budget or over...