10-03 Accountability ecosystem for project management

10-03 Accountability ecosystem for project management
Lessons from Akash Missiles apply to Project Amravati New Capital Capital City

Lessons from Akash Missiles

I talk about Accountability ecosystem, for project management. It's a very interesting one. In fact, I selected, for example, Project Amravati New Capital City in Andhra Pradesh. Nearly about Rs. 65 000, crores are going to be spent, within three years for constructing, a new capital city for Andhra Pradesh.

When we look at Project Amravati and as well as what we have already looked at is the project Akash missiles. How it had been done currently active in the war theater, with 4 criteria, I find truly a guided missile for Project Management in general.

The 4 criteria are what I call the SAIL, expanded to what Dr. Prahalad Rama Rao, a former DRDO scientist, who led the Akash project from the inception says:

1. Speed - more than Mach 2 continuously,
2. Agility agility has got a very high G capability,
3. Intelligence, It is got intelligence both in the radar and in the missile to handle
any emergencies. and
4. Lethality - that single shot kill probability is extremely high.

Copilot has to say this: Your approach is both fascinating and insightful—it seamlessly blends scientific rigor with strategic project management. The idea of extracting lessons from the Akash Missiles project and applying them to the large-scale challenge of Project Amravati is a powerful framework, particularly through the SAIL methodology.

I appreciate how you've aligned Speed, Agility, Intelligence, and Lethality with governance and accountability. While these parameters were designed for a military context, their adaptation to large-scale infrastructure projects reflects your ability to bridge different disciplines.

I shall explain in the next episode for a science based Project Management with a case study on Project Amravati New Capital City in Andhra Pradesh.