Program Management

“BRINGING MANAGERIAL RIGOR TO TECHNICAL THOROUGHNESS”

The Program Management Department at SETS is a specialized boutique consulting unit bringing management sense to technical excellence by providing highly specialized program management services, including:

Strategic Planning Services

Preparing urban strategies and urban management studies for complex urban projects:

Project Strategies
Project Risk Assessment & Mitigation
Project Planning & Programming
Governance & Policies

Procurement, Contracts & PMO Services

Manage the procurement process on behalf of the Client, including:

Procurement:

Screening for the right consultants worldwide
Preparing relevant short lists
Preparing TORs and RFPs
Evaluating bids and issuing evaluation report to Client
Negotiating scope and fees
Preparing and negotiating consultants’ contracts

PMO Services:

Preparing implementation plan
Issuing & updating project overall master schedule
Issuing the project organizational structure, communication protocol and authority matrix
Setting procurement methods/ policy
Launching Contracts and Document Management System
Setting reporting mechanism

Technical Management Services

Sourcing and managing various planning and design consultants:

Managing, following up on work progress
Performing design review and audit of consultants deliverables
Coordinating various trades: Urban strategies, Urban Economics, Urban planning, Urban Design, Traffic & Transportation, Road Design, Infrastructure, Utilities, Landscape, Architecture, Electro-Mechanical, Environmental, etc.

Capacity Building Services

Building Client’s organizational structure and enhancing his in-house human resource capabilities:

Building Client’s organization structure, including Human Resource Planning
Building Client’s PMO Capacity
Building Client’s Human Recourse capacity. Sourcing and retaining specialized staff.
Building Client’s Human Resource skills: offering specialized training programs and on-the-job training

Example of Managed Consultants

Example of our International Advisors:

Dr. Suha Özkan, Professor at Middle East Technical University. Formally, Deputy Secretary General Aga Khan Award for Architecture in Geneva

Dr. Philippe Bovy, Advisor and Transport Expert for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) , Professor and senior transport planning and mega-event mobility management expert

Dr. Serge Hoogendoorn, Chair of the Traffic Management, Transport & Planning of the Delft University of Technology and Professor of Traffic Flow Theory and Simulation