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What does the extra fast building of two hospitals in Wuhan tells you?

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Eduard Hernandez
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Product Operations Program Manager Barcelona, Cataluña, Spain
Can one argue that with unlimited resources, timelines can be pushed to the unimaginable? Is it feasible that all requirements have been correctly captured and/or delivered?

Share your thoughts.

See below a link to a time lapse video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PnBKBppQ3c
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Daire Guiney Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Dear Eduard,

I have found when push comes to shove and something needs to done and completed by a fixed deadline, like minded individuals with congeal and come together, push the boundaries and dedicated themselves to seeing the project across the line. The project is not about work anymore but about some inward need and desire to complete the project at any cost. In these circumstances unlimited budgets and resources do not work in anyone's favor as they can cause more confusion and delay without reducing the workload. In the case of building a hospital, most of the work is spent on kitting out the hospital rather than the actual building of the hospital. In such instance, the hospital administration may elect to only get a few critical department open at the start such as accidents and emergency and X-ray and thus focus all their resources on these departments. It is a different scenario when it comes to opening wards as their is a legal requirement to have a ratio of skilled staff to patients. However this feat in Wuhan should be recognized for its accomplishment.

Daire
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Drew Craig Sr. Agile & Product Coach| Vanguard Philadelphia, Pa, United States
Amazing. Ample funding, resources, motivation, and I'm sure leveraging learnings from past similar projects.
Thanks, for sharing, Eduard! Really cool!
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LORI WILSON RETIRED - Technical Project Manager| RETIRED - LifePoint Health Clarkston, Wa, United States
Eduard, Thank you for this post. I've been watching this with the rest of the world - it's an incredible feat. My husband is in the construction industry and we are marveling over what China is doing in such a short amount of time. Between his construction knowledge and my project management experience neither one of us can imagine what they are doing! It is fascinating to watch the time-lapse video and our prayer is that lives will be saved because of these and other heroic efforts.
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Vincent Guerard Coach - Trainer - Speaker - Advisor| Freelance Mont-Royal, Quebec, Canada
Eduard,

What is not accounted for, is the design and planning that was done prior to construction start. What was ready before the crisis, we don't no. That I'm curious to know.
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Abdelhamid CHELGHOUM Project construction manager | Sonatrach group Batna, Batna, Algeria
Dear Eduard,
organisation is the key of success in this project, modular buidling are easy to install
Thanks
hamid
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Eduard Hernandez
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Product Operations Program Manager Barcelona, Cataluña, Spain
Feb 03, 2020 9:10 AM
Replying to Sergio Luis Conte
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While I did not see the video, It does not surprise me. For people who is interested in study the strategy behind the projects in China I encourage to serch from the point where China "left" comunism and "open" itself to the world.
Thanks for your input, Sergio. China has the opacity of communism and the economic mind set of capitalism.
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Feb 12, 2020 9:29 AM
Sergio Luis Conte
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Great definition. Just believe me, I know it very well, each of us have to take a closer look about the strategy China installed after they "opened" to the world. This type of things can be done in China because that strategy. There is no country in the whole world that can construct something so complex than that (I was in charge of project to create high complexity hospitals in lot of countries) with the quality they create this. The video is just the tip of the iceberg. While there are a lot of respectable comments in my undertanding and knowledge people have to deep drive in China strategy to understand why it was possible and they will modify the comments. And that has to be done independiently of the ideology. There is too much to learn mainly in the project management field from China.
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Eduard Hernandez
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Product Operations Program Manager Barcelona, Cataluña, Spain
Feb 03, 2020 11:25 AM
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Impressive, I would love to learn how they did it. Also not only the building but staff, interior, instruments, medicine etc.

I once read about a Turkish millionaire who died and in his last will he demanded that he should be buried in a mausoleum on a hilltop. He had to be buried withing 3 days and they managed to build the mausoleum, a street up the hill and organize for the funeral. I understand they spent a day planning.
Thomas, this reminds me of what Abraham Lincoln once said: "Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe".
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Eduard Hernandez
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Product Operations Program Manager Barcelona, Cataluña, Spain
Thank you all for your inputs on this thread. One may conclude that a comprehensive preparation in addition to almost unlimited resources and technical means were the contributing factors to such an achievement.
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Sergio Luis Conte Helping to create solutions for everyone| Worldwide based Organizations Buenos Aires, Argentina
Feb 12, 2020 4:36 AM
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Thanks for your input, Sergio. China has the opacity of communism and the economic mind set of capitalism.
Great definition. Just believe me, I know it very well, each of us have to take a closer look about the strategy China installed after they "opened" to the world. This type of things can be done in China because that strategy. There is no country in the whole world that can construct something so complex than that (I was in charge of project to create high complexity hospitals in lot of countries) with the quality they create this. The video is just the tip of the iceberg. While there are a lot of respectable comments in my undertanding and knowledge people have to deep drive in China strategy to understand why it was possible and they will modify the comments. And that has to be done independiently of the ideology. There is too much to learn mainly in the project management field from China.
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Eduard Hernandez
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Product Operations Program Manager Barcelona, Cataluña, Spain
As a follow up from the thread, see what came in the news on this topic:

"Breaking News! China’s New And Rapidly Build Hospital in Wuhan Falling Apart Due to Winds and Snow, Patients Moved and Building Now Not Usable"

It seems to confirm the incompatibility of speed, quality and cost (for the Spanish speaking, bueno, bonito y barato).
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