Acceptance of IMT/PIPS philosophy in Botswana

The best value Performance Information Procurement System (PIPS) has been tested in the United States with great performance results (98% client satisfaction, no contractor generated cost change orders,) and meeting client delivery schedule using an alignment philosophy rather than the traditional U.S. and U.K. based management, control, and direction philosophy. PBSRG made the strategic commitment with the Fulbright Program and the University of Botswana (UB) project management (PM) section to test the PIPS technology where the UK based traditional management based processes has not had much success, in Botswana, Africa. This test is different from all previous testing because the PIPS technology is also being used to transform the UB graduate education from an education based to research based program, use the graduate students as resources and partners instead of students, and create research laboratories out of their industry organizations. Once the graduate program is transformed, the graduate students will take the PIPS technology into their organizations and run PIPS tests. The impact of PIPS will expand from not only being the research technology but becoming the mechanism for transforming the university research program into an industry changing research graduate program.