
Planning, Strategy Development, Economic Analysis, Design
ASSET DEVELOPMENT & ADMINISTRATION SKILLS

Skills Group: Portfolio Management
Skills include:
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Determining asset creation and/or asset refinement opportunities(align with management –business management -strategy development, design – analysis - economic analysis and design - analysis - market analysis)
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Reviewing opportunities pursuant to economic, market and industry conditions and determine which have the greatest potential
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Managing the completion of general design and engineering (as required) efforts to determine required resources
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Determining general capital funding requirements for each opportunity
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Determining general operational funding requirements for each opportunity
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Determining benefits of each opportunity
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Presented opportunities to decision makers
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Assessing submitted opportunities
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Gaining approval for opportunities that aligned with strategic intent of organization
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Assisting with assessing opportunities to determine if asset is to be built or asset is to be purchased
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If build, then managing the completion of required industrial design/engineering
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Gaining approval of design/engineering
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Initiating procurement of required products and services
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Initiating purchase or lease of land/property as required
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Completing construction and/or development as required
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Adding completed asset into asset portfolio (record)
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If buying, then managing the completing purchase and merger of asset
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Adding purchased asset into asset portfolio (record)
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Introducing built or purchased asset into financial accounting records pursuant to capitalization policies
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Assisting initiation start-up initiatives
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Assisting in monitoring and measuring asset performance
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Assisting in monitoring and measuring human resource capability and capacity to ensure appropriate level of asset operational performance
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Assisting in monitoring and measuring health and safety levels associated with asset operations
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Assisting shut-down of assets to accompany maintenance , repair and/or replacement initiatives
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Assisting in monitoring production levels associated with assets (if applicable)
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Assisting in adding production volumes (record) into production reports
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Assisting in adding asset investment levels (record) into financial accounting
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Assisting in calculating and adding depreciation levels (record) into financial accounting
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Initiating asset divesting initiatives, including site reclamation and environmental impact monitoring
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Monitoring and measuring asset divesting effort
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Monitoring and measuring impact to human resource capability and capacity pursuant to asset divesting
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Monitoring and measuring health and safety levels associated with asset divesting (site reclamation and environmental issues)
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Updating production volumes (record) associated to reflect accurate asset portfolio
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Updating financial accounting records to reflect removal of assets

Deliverables
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List of asset creation opportunities that have the greatest potential to achieve the organization’s strategic intent
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Preliminary designs and engineering schemes for developing assets
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Preliminary insight into resource requirements (funding, time, skills, competencies, technologies) for developing assets
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Preliminary reports on capital and operational funding for potential asset development or asset purchase
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Preliminary reports on potential benefits associated with each asset
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Approved list of asset opportunities
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List of asset based initiatives
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Completed design and engineering documents for asset build-out
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Approved design and engineering documents for asset build-out
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Issued purchase orders and work orders to support asset build-out
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Purchased or leased land required for asset build-out
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Built assets
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Updated asset portfolio with built assets
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Purchased asset merged into operations
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Updated asset portfolio with purchased assets
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Updated financial records
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Assets placed into operational mode
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Monitored and measured assets
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Monitored and measured human resources pursuant to size of asset portfolio
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Monitored and measured health and safety levels
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Well maintained assets
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Production reports
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Financial reports
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Divested assets
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Adjusted production volumes
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Adjusted financial records

Skills Group: Quality Management
Skills include:
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Assisting in determining quality requirements through industrial design
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Introducing “best practices” for achieving quality that align with ISO 9001
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Developing ISO 9001 quality assurance procedures
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Developing production “check points” pursuant to documented standards
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Developing production reporting pursuant to documented standards

Skills Group: Contracts Management
Skills include:
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Determining contracts requirements
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Developing initial contract complete with terms, conditions, parties, timeframes and pricing levels
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Achieving alignment between contract outcomes, identified risks and financial accounting
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Monitoring and managing contract status
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Developing executive level summary reports on contract status and exposed risk associated with contracts

Skills Group: Budget Management
Skills include:
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Developing capital and operational budget policies
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Assisting in developing capital budgets
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Assisting in developing operational budgets
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Monitoring and managing capital expenditures against budget to ensure alignment
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Monitoring and managing operational expenditures against budget to ensure alignment
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Developing reports on budget versus actual expenditures
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Presenting budgets and expenditure levels pursuant to budgets to executives
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Assisting in developing chart of accounts
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Assisting in aligning accounting entries with asset management
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Reviewing accounting records to ensure compliance with established policies and best practices
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Assisting in developing financial reporting format
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Assisting in ensuring that financial reporting accurately reflected organizational asset valuation and expense levels

Skills Group: Information Management
Skills include:
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Assisting in developing records management policies
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Assisting in monitoring record management practices
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Assisting in deploying a records management system
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Assisting in developing content and document management policies
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Assisting in monitoring content and document management practices
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Assisting in identifying the location and purpose of informational products (i.e. documents, file systems, web sites) within organizational workflows
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Assisting in deploying a content and document management system
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Assisting in developing data management policies
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Assisting in monitoring data management practices
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Assisting in identifying the location and purpose of data (i.e. structured, unstructured and semi-structured data) that is required within informational products
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Assisting in deploying a data management system