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Inndusttrial PProjeccts CoPP*

Conntractt Mannagemment CCoP

What do these two communities do?
The two communities have different backgrounds
Valérie Gibert
and different targets. The Industrial Projects sector
Director of the Project Management Offi ce,
has been run as a community of practice for over ten Projects Operational Department (POD)
years. Today it has 1,900 members and has expanded
[email protected]
to include not just project managers but also their
colleagues in charge of quality, cost, project lead times
etc. The Contract Management CoP was set up seven
years ago. With the joint backing of the Group General
Counsel and the POD, it has almost 200 members
who are Contract Managers in the company, and
legal and procurement managers from all entities.

What is their aim?
To promote project management and contract culture
at ENGIE, to professionalise sectors by sharing
best practices, tools and experience, and to make
project staffi ng easier by improving visibility and
fostering mobility within the Group, in conjunction
with the POD’s Talent team. The existence of these
communities gives rise to peer reviews – a project
manager in one country or entity is called on to
help another project on a different continent. Both During discussions, people offer to help
recipient and donor really appreciate this system.
each other, over and above the original goal.
How does it work? In a community, the idea is to share practices
Two members** of the POD are in charge of running
the communities using a number of tools and methods. and good or more negative experiences.
To do this, they work closely with correspondents in Confi dence grows and makes everyone
each BU and business activity, and in some support
functions. The Industrial Projects CoP platform is used want to talk about their own experience.
to share Group policies, guidelines and best practices
from the different BUs, including those concerning Informal, one-to-many questions help people
Contract Management. An annual event brings some enrich their own position and vision.
200 project managers together to discuss projects
and topics proposed by the community. The Contract People are also proud to have the
Management CoP holds quarterly meetings for some fi fty
participants during which two speakers, one from outside opportunity to talk about their project
the Group and one from ENGIE, talk on the same subject.
to their peers.”

* CoP = community of practice
** [email protected] (Industrial Projects CoP);
[email protected] (Contract Management CoP)