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About Corporate Education Group
Corporate Education Group (CEG) offers an array of
project and portfolio management solutions to ensure
the success of your next equipment, plant or system
outage. We help leading organizations transform
employee, team and organizational performance
through consulting and assessments, program design,
training delivery, coaching and measurement. Our
more than 30 years of experience rooted in corporate
training enables us to engage in collaborative
partnerships where we identify the right solutions to
unlock business value. Through our strategic alliance
with Duke University Management Training, we offer
premiere certificate programs backed by a renowned
higher-education institution. CEG is a training and
professional development partner that understands
the unique talent development challenges of the
energy and utilities industry and can help you
overcome them.
About the Author
Fred Baker, consultant and trainer
for Corporate Education Group
(CEG), has more than 40 years of
experience as a business management,
portfolio management, project
management and risk management professional.
Fred has worked, consulted, trained, coached and
mentored in industries including utility, engineering
and construction, information technology,
telecommunications, manufacturing, new product
development, financial services, and pharmaceuticals.
Fred is a Certified Project Management Professional
(PMP
®
), and a Risk Management Professional (RMP
®
).
He earned a bachelor's degree in civil engineering
from the University of Nebraska and a master's degree
in business from the Fuqua School of Business at
Duke University. He also is a certified Quality Process
Consultant from the Juran Institute.
Bringing It All Together
Remember, manage your portfolio of projects realistically, plan approved projects
methodically, communicate clearly and allocate resources smartly to maximize the success
of your outage. By following these four outage management best practices, you can ensure
your operations are efficient and keep costs to a minimum during critical maintenance
work, while keeping your costs down and customers powered up and happy.