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Hardeep Sidhu
With a background in marine sciences and innovation management, I offer offshore survey and installation management services to the renewable, oil & gas, telecom and related marine sectors.
Location Bakewell, UK
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It seems that by 2006, the company had plateaued out in terms of sustaining growth along established processes and organisational structures. Presumably the developers were spread globally and had to work across time zones and cultures which would added complexity to the development paths. Agile would allow development to be based in smaller, multi-functional...
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HELP! Using MS Project 2010 to duplicate the tutorial, I am unable to manually enter the ‘Actual Cost’ values – the software is instead calculating the theoretical spend based on the percentage completion inputs. Can anyone advise how to enter actual costs manually so that the project is updated correctly?
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Hardeep Sidhu made a comment
As a freelance project manager in the marine energy sector, I am usually brought in once a contract has been signed. However, on a recent project for a Dutch contractor in SE Asia, the contract had not been signed during my tenure though letters of intent were being issued one after another as each one expired and negotiations went on. The challenge was not...
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Hardeep Sidhu made a comment
Mitigation of financial risk (very limited funding) will require very careful cost control, market estimation and pricing policies. Regulatory risk will require very careful attention to facility preparation, HACCP training and certification, staff training, recipe development and product sourcing. Market risk (better positioned competitors) could be reduced...
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Hardeep Sidhu made a comment
This seems to advocate the antithesis of good innovation management practices whereby the conventional innovation (technology, process, customers, organisation, etc.) funnel of many go few has been inverted. In my R&D life, resources were only made available to me by executive management on production of a plan with the best possible resource (time, money,...
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Hardeep Sidhu made a comment
In my experience in offshore survey and construction, costs are captured during the tender stage and sell price(s) calculated and submitted to the customer accordingly. All this is done before a project is won, most commonly without the PM, so I had no way of affecting my budget and contingency. These were simply handed to me and in some cases, poorly...
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Hardeep Sidhu made a comment
Financial risk – very limited funds for all the capex and opex activities to be undertaken.
Regulatory risk: Approvals by the Virginia Department of Agriculture and the U.S. FDA
Market risk: Large, well established and better financed competitors with established resource bases and markets.
Facilities risk: No securing and/or constructing a suitable location... -
Hardeep Sidhu made a comment
Reduce one or more of the least costly activities along the critical path.
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The festival was to commence on 18th March but the project was not ready until 23rd March, 5 days too late and so I would not consider this to be a success.
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Please see page 5 of the case study.
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The project has a total duration of 233 days.
The critical path with no slack and therefore the focus of attention are tasks 8, 9, 12, 40 and 41.
To reduce the duration by 5 days, the duration of the critical path activities needs to be reduced by 5 days. -
The project has a total duration of 233 days.
The critical path with no slack and therefore the focus of attention are tasks 8, 9, 12, 40 and 41.
To reduce the duration by 5 days, the duration of the critical path activities needs to be reduced by 5 days. -
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Having recently managed an offshore construction project for a Dutch contractor in SE Asia, I was struck at the refusal of my Dutch Senior project Engineer to commit anything to paper as a WBS. Admittedly one project is fairly similar to another in terms of work flows, deliverables and objectives but I put his attitude down to one of keeping information to...
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Hardeep Sidhu made a comment
With respect to Q5 of the test, we were not informed that MPG was a criterion – thuis may have been a Formula 1 car…why were sales targets or defects not (higher level) criteria for success? Any commercially produced and traded product must be (legally) fit-for purpose and free from defects. Any inspection & test plan, Honda would implement would therefore...
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Hardeep Sidhu made a comment
For external projects (i.e. tendered and executed as per a customer’s requirements), I have found poor scoping, scheduling, pricing and or/or contracting are the main routes to failure, particularly the latter. If these early stages are optimised then the chance of success increases as complexities, priorities, budgets, risks, stakeholder needs, resource...
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As answered previously:
Objective: To make health insurance more affordable and accessible for all Americans under the ACA.
Scope: Optimisation of the process of allowing consumers to compare and select qualified healthcare insurance to meet their needs. Further optimisation by allowing states the freedom act alone or in partnership with the FFE.
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Hardeep Sidhu made a comment
Objective: To make health insurance more affordable and accessible for all Americans under the ACA.
Scope: Optimisation of the process of allowing consumers to compare and select qualified healthcare insurance to meet their needs. Further optimisation by allowing states the freedom act alone or in partnership with the FFE.
Timing: Constrained by a ‘go-live’...
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In my experience in offshore construction for example which is a specified and tendered environment, scope is always defined by the client, the price is agreed between the parties and a time scale must be met at the risk of penalties for late delivery; in this environment I am constrained by scope budget and time. In internal sonar R&D projects, I was able to...
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If a project must have all 4 commonalities (1. creation of a unique outcome; 2. temporary, 3. multi-disciplinary coordination and 4. resource constraints [time and money being resources]), then if I build a beehive on my own, that fails the ‘project criteria’ on points 1 perhaps (the design may be a copy), 2 perhaps as I am doing everything myself and on point...
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Hello all,
I'm from the UK and have been involved in various offshore industries since 1981 - oil & gas, renewables, telecoms, mining, dredging, consulting and R&D. During this time I have been heavily involved in business and project management, providing freelance management support services since 1997. My academic background is in marine sciences and... -
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It would be possible to register the trademark “Buzz Off” in the UK if it is unique (words, sounds, logos, colours or any combination thereof) and distinctive for the goods and services you provide.
In the UK, design right applies to the shape and configuration of an object; a register search to ensure validity by the costs £24, while costs for registering... -
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Irene should register the design under the Designs Act 2003 (Cth) and Design Regulations 2004.
Her trademark can be protected under the Trade Marks Act 1995 (Cth) and Trade Marks Regulations 1995.
Irene can protect the invention under the Patents Act 1990 (Cth) and Patents Regulations 1990.
Prior to any disclosure with other individuals/entities, Irene should... -
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COMMENTS
In the UK, copyright is covered by the Copyright, Designs and Patent Act 1988, under criminal law.
Section 198 indicates that downloading a movie (making a recording) without sufficient permission is an offence if this was with a view to making gain (sale or hire), distribution of an illicit recording, caused loss to the legal owner or communicated... -
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I believe that Creative Commons actually moves towards providing benefit to society as a whole and not just to the creators. An example may be the production of cheaper generic drugs in place of the more expensive, branded originals.
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•As Carl wrote down his original words in material form, he owns the copyright.
•As Carl wrote down his music down in material form, he owns the copyright.
•As the recording is the material form of the words and music, Carl owns the copyright but cannot under Australian law, register it.
•Carl retains copyright to the material on YouTube, but would be well... -
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I believe that IP law cannot in all cases achieve the right balance between protecting the rights of a creator and disseminating the benefits for the collective good of society? A case in point is Martin Shkreli, CEO of Turing Pharmaceuticals, who purchased the rights to a drug used to treat AIDS patients, immediately raising the price of a single tablet from...
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Colin should have exercised a “reasonable” standard of care commensurate with his role as leader and the circumstances of the undertaking (camping and canoeing in the wilderness). Had Colin been a professional, I believe it would be easier to demonstrate his negligence vis-à-vis the duty of care as a specialist. In this case, the friends may have known of the...
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I believe Colin was negligent with respect to the weather forecast. He had a duty of care to his friends and breached it by relying on an old weather forecast and not advising his friends of the risks. As a direct consequence, his friends suffered actually bodily harm as well as loss (damage) to their canoe. In this situation I believe they can sue Colin as...
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Hardeep Sidhu made a comment
I believe Colin was negligent with respect to the weather forecast. He had a duty of care to his friends and breached it by relying on an old weather forecast and not advising his friends of the risks. As a direct consequence, his friends suffered actually bodily harm as well as loss (damage) to their canoe. In this situation I believe they can sue Colin as...
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I believe under UK law the passing of the frog may fall under the trespass against the student as this potentially opens up the student to the tort of trespass (removing the frog without the owner’s permission or even the criminal act of theft. Battery is trespass against a person where no injury needs to occur, only proof of contact with the person or an...
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Hardeep Sidhu made a comment
Although also enshrined in criminal law, I believe, for example, that not drinking while driving follows the ‘neighbour principle’ by ensuring the safety of others. Although a worthy ideal, it has not achieved 100% success as if it had we would probably not need as many legal processes and remedies.
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At all the houses, Tony intentionally entered private land and though there was no loss or harm to the plaintiff, he trespassed as he entered without consent.
In taking the frog, Tony could be guilty of theft, intentionally stealing the frog without permission and with intent. Had he only briefly looked at it without interfering with it in any way, there would... -
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If contract law governs transaction between legal entities (that can be individuals or organisations) and criminal law governs the relationships between the state and entities, then I feel tort law quite correctly fills the gap of governing relations between individuals.
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Under UK law, theft is defined as dishonest appropriation of property belonging to another with the intention of permanently depriving the other party of that property, regardless of whether the appropriation is made with a view to gain or for the thief’s own benefit.
Categories include amongst others, robbery, burglary, aggravated burglary, removal of... -
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Under UK law, Harry has committed theft as he has appropriated someone else’s property without permission. The fact that he was starving is no defence.
With the grapes, Harry has again committed theft as he has appropriated someone else’s property without permission
Harry had no intention to kill Francesca but his actions resulted in her inadvertent death so... -
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BRD is the correct criterion as it should reduce the risk of incorrect conviction to a level that is ‘as low as reasonably practicable (ALARP principle). Effective training for the public would be difficult and expansive, involving diverse subjects such as the law, data analysis, data interpretation and psychology.
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Hardeep Sidhu made a comment
I preface my comments with the fact that I am referencing English/Welsh law:
•Peeling and eating a banana is not an offence.
•Overspeeding is an offence.
•Use of the phone, including looking to see who’s ringing is an offence but the prosecution has to prove you were calling/texting at the time for there to be a conviction.
•Texting (use of the mobile) while... -
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I suppose I should not be shocked but the nature of US consumer protection (or lack thereof) was a surprise to me as when I lived there I didn't find any difference in the way my transactions were dealt with compared to the UK for example. When renovating my house, I was also surprised to learn that it was almost normal in the UK not to have a formal form of...
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http://www.madaboutmountains.co.uk/pg/197/Terms_Conditions
In addition to UK consumer laws, if the supplier is unable to supply ordered goods, they inform the customer advise of the expected delivery date. Customers are allowed to cancel outstanding orders at any time and refunds will be provided where payments have already been made.
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1. As the brothers are under 18, they do not have legal capacity to enter into a contract nor did they appear to have the intention to create legal relations so there is no binding agreement.
2. The doctor and Simone should have no legally enforceable contract as Simone did not intend to enter into a legal agreement and the doctor exerted undue advantage and... -
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Education about one's legal environment should be provided at school as part of the national curriculum (I'm in the UK) as it is fundamental to our proper functioning in society in terms of understanding our rights and obligations.
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Harry should be able to demand a lemon as Glenda was making an unconditional offer that Harry accepted but then Glenda was unable to fulfil the transaction through no fault of Harry’s.
Harry should get a refund or replacement apple due to the delivery of faulty goods. Perhaps there were no visible signs or marks of the worm to warn him off and Glenda should... -
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MOTIVATED
As the former GM of an ailing company, I made the entire company aware of the reasons why significant changes were urgently required to safeguard our future. The organisational structure was made fit-for-purpose and appropriate individuals managers emplaced, with authorities commensurate with their responsibilities. Rewards were not simply financial... -
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The only problem I picked up is Tim's inability to function in his new role due to a lack of energy...or should we read 'ability'. Though far more pleasant than previously, the conversation failed to identify specific issues, root causes, solutions/actions, future assessments and timescales. - for me it had no substance.
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Jane urgently needs management training and assessment herself! However, that will not cure her obvious lack of interest in Tim and his situation. He would better off working in another team I'm afraid...or am I displaying a lack of sympathy for whatever her plight may be?
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Hardeep Sidhu made a comment
Regardless of how systematic and standardised you make the interview process, the final analysis remains a case of human judgement, not just a numerical score. So, despite our best efforts to treat all candidates equally, there will no doubt be bias in the final decision. Use of a suitably qualified and experienced panel, with just the right number of...
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•Could do the job
1. What successes and failures have you experienced in similar or the same role?
2. How did you deal with the failures?•Would do the job
1. What specifically attracts you to the role and this company?
2. What do you feel will be challenging and require upskilling or a change to your current work processes?•Would fit.
1. If you were... -
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As usual, the classic mistake is not to clearly define ‘authorities’ which need to be commensurate with ‘responsibilities, which I have always found key to success for both the role and post-holder.
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Ensure by whatever means available that the candidate is 'fit for purpose' in terms of capabilities, skills, education/training and effective team working/management.
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To innovate and grow the business Carla needs to address 4 areas in to build a validated business case for change and improvement:
1. Ideation and idea management to take initial observations and translate these into ideas for change and improvement through clear definition, classification, ranking and assessment.
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Surprised that Sykes thinks businesses are here to change the world and mankind! They are here primarily to generate returns to their owners and shareholders, and always have been.
I agree that though media are both urgent and powerful stakeholders, they may often have no legitimacy as they are not direct consumers or contributors but have their own vested...
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It can be argued that all stakeholders identified to date are important for different reasons. Customers and Environmental HSE exercise high levels of influence on the future of the company in terms of generating revenues and allowing trading to continue. The Owner, Finance & Purchasing and any External Investors will decide policy and strategy for the...
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Hardeep Sidhu made a comment
With respect to Finance, the key issues are inadequate management budgeting and poor cost control in Purchasing. Possible remedial actions include:
• Ensuring that the organisational structure is fit for purpose.
• Emplacement of individuals with the requisite aptitudes and experience into the required roles.
• Greater clarity in roles, with agreed... -
i. Develop a clear understanding of the project to be completed or the objectives of the business
ii. Identify all relevant stakeholders
iii. Rank their importance to a successful outcome using the power/interest grid
iv. Determine the outputs (stakeholder needs and expectations) and inputs for a successful outcome
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Any comments from any Educators...hopefully you will re-assess my test results?
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It works - thanks.
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Thanks - will do.
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Hardeep Sidhu made a comment
Regarding Q2 of the test, Sentinel 2 was introduced as a vehicle for optical imagery primarily of land applications (https://earth.esa.int/web/sentinel/user-guides/sentinel-2-msi/overview) and not for iceberg monitoring. Given that radar altimetry and SAR were stated as being appropriate sensors for iceberg detection, surely the Sentinel 3 sensors (optical,...
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Hardeep Sidhu made a comment
Could not get this to run...using Windows 8.1.
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Which recent storm do you think caused the worst coastal inundation?
Ike. -
I agree with Sarah regarding questions that are not addressed in the presentations...2b Part 1 did not address the topic of storm rotation. I also note that the video downloads have incorrect titles.
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Hardeep Sidhu replied to Lee Scott
Unable to cut/paste the pass table but the first entry for Bakewell UK is:
Rise Mon 23 Oct 01:58:05 Culminate 02:05:03 Set 02:12:02...etc
