Description

Book Synopsis

When capital projects fail to deliver, it is usually not due to technical reasons but a combination of behavioral pitfalls, unclear accountabilities and gaps in design, specification, and/or project-management processes.

Early Equipment Management (EEM): Continuous Improvement for Projects explains how well known and award winning organizations avoid these weaknesses by using:

  • Project road maps setting out clear accountabilities for each step of the concept-to-project-delivery process;
  • Progressive design goals for each step to assure the delivery of low life-cycle costs;
  • Processes to codify tacit knowledge, reveal latent design weaknesses, and build high performance cross-functional team collaboration;
  • Project governance processes that systematically raise their organizations ability to reduce time to market for new assets, products and services with higher added value and fewer resources. H

    Table of Contents

    Contents

    Preface

    Chapter 1: Early Equipment Management

    Delivering Capital Projects Faster, Cheaper, Better

    1.1 What goes wrong?

    Steps 1 and 2: Before EEM

    Change curve

    Cost curve

    Steps 3 and 4 Before EEM

    Change curve

    Cost curve

    Steps 5 and 6 Before EEM

    Change curve

    Cost curve

    What is really happening

    The Voyage of Discovery

    1.2 EEM in action

    Steps 1 and 2 With EEM

    Change curve

    Cost Curve

    Steps 3 and 5 With EEM

    Change curve

    Cost Curve

    Steps 5 and 6 With EEM

    Change curve

    Cost Curve

    The gains

    1.3 Why we need EEM

    Understanding Project Delivery Weaknesses

    D. Collaboration Weaknesses

    This is a symptom of poor working relationships/collaboration. That can mean that weak ideas are untested until it is too late resulting in unforeseen (but predictable) Installation and commissioning problems.

    Making Better Decision

    Project Governance

    Knowledge Management:

    Delivering better management processes

    1.4 The Book Structure

    Overview

    Chapter Summaries

    Chapter 2: The EEM Road Map

    2.1 EEM Road Map Overview

    Define: Getting the Right Design

    Design: Getting the design right

    Refine: Getting the Design Gains

    Improve

    2.2 EEM Project Work Streams RACI

    RACI: Responsible

    2.3 RACI Accountable Column: Design Phase

    Concept development: Aim, to develop a preferred concept

    High Level Design: Aim, to approve funding and the basis for vendor selection

    2.4 RACI Accountable Column: Design Phase

    Detailed Design: Aim, to develop a detailed specification and project delivery programme.

    Prefab Procurement

    2.5 RACI Accountable: Refine Phase

    Step 5: Installation: Aim, to install equipment in plant

    Step 6 Commissioning: Aim, to deliver flawless operation on production day 1

    2.6 RACI Accountable: Improve Phase

    Step 7 Stabilise

    Step 8 Optimise

    2.7 Summary

    Chapter 3: Design and Performance Management

    3.1 In search of better design

    Innovation

    Systematic Design Development

    3.2 In search of better performance

    Criticality assessment

    Hidden Loss Analysis/Trouble Map

    Condition Appraisal

    Day in the Life of (DILO)Review

    Incorporating PP data in Design

    3.3 Avoiding Design Pitfalls

    Create Design Modules

    Recognise Vendor Skill Sets

    Understand Behavioural Bias

    Apply the EEM Design Hierarchy

    Design Goals

    Design Guidelines

    Technical Standards

    Objective Testing

    Integrating Stakeholder Workstreams

    3.4 Systematic Design Development: Define Phase

    3.5 Systematic Design Development: Design Phase

    Vendor Induction

    Detailed design workshops

    Problem Prevention

    Detailed activity planning

    3.6 Systematic Design Development: Refine and Improve

    3.7 Chapter Summary

    Chapter 4: Specification and LCC Management

    4.1 Having the Right Conversations

    Keep the conversation flowing

    Setting the Design Agenda

    Checklist Management

    4.2 Creating powerful specifications

    Layouts

    Module Review

    Approach

    Value Engineering Review

    Preparation

    Approach

    Resource Management/Systems specification

    Draft Specification

    Systems High Level Design

    Systems Detailed Design and Forward Program

    User training, Systems Validation and Go live

    Setting Design Targets

    Process Milestones

    Basic Life Cycle Cost Model Example

    Estimating Costs

    Operating Cost Estimates

    Capital cost estimates.

    ITT Design

    Approach

    Process Milestone

    4.3 Detailed Design

    Module Review Update

    Dealing with Risk

    Specify low risk solutions

    Specify Problems to be prevented

    Use Charts and Graphs to Raise Awareness

    Specify Learning Plans that Reduce Error Risks

    Detailed Activity Planning

    Change Control

    Witnessed inspection

    4.4 Define

    4.5 Design

    4.6 Refine and Improve

    Day One Production and Site Acceptance Testing

    4.7 Summary

    Chapter 5: Project and Risk Management

    5.1 Developing the project plan

    Milestone Planning

    Understanding the critical path

    Communicating Project Timelines

    Work Scheduling

    5.2 Managing people and teams

    Creating the Collective Team Vision

    Team induction

    Team Dynamics

    Collaborating with Vendors

    Managing Communication Processes

    Project Administration

    Personal systems and procedures

    5.3 Managing risk

    The Purpose of Risk Management

    Surfacing Hazards

    Registering Risks

    Highly Regulated Industries

    Implementing Risk Mitigation

    5.4 Define

    Project Leader Role: Concept

    Project Leader Role: High Level design

    5.5 Design

    Project Leader Tasks: Detailed Design

    Project Leader Role: Pre Fab Procurement

    5.6 Refine and Improve

    Project Leader Role: Installation

    Project Leader Role: Commissioning

    Project Leader Role Stabilise

    5.7 Chapter summary

    Chapter 6: Project Governance

    Impact of Internal Processes

    6.1 Project Governance: Mind Set and Skill Set

    Direction Setting

    Capability Building

    Performance Management

    Vendor Performance

    Results Delivery

    6.2 Organisational Development, The Leadership Challenge

    Setting EEM Policies

    EEM Policy Example

    Policy and Direction

    Project Delivery

    EEM Support

    EEM Subject Matter Expert

    Project Manager/Installation Manager

    Best Practice Design book

    6.3 Organisational Development: Measuring Progress

    Setting targets

    Beyond the Stage Gate Review

    Stage Gate Team Coaching Role

    Coaching parallel work streams

    EEM Audit Process

    Approach

    Audit Roles

    Audit Agenda

    Task Milestones

    6.4 Locking in the EEM Gains

    The Origins of EEM

    Best Practice Design Books

    Compatibility of EEM with Other Design Tools

    6.5 Define

    Concept Stage Gate

    High Level Design Stage Gate

    6.6 Design

    Detailed Design

    Pre Fab Procurement

    6.7 Refine and Improve

    Installation

    Commissioning

    Post Day 1: Stabilise

    6.8 Chapter summary

    Chapter 7: Implementing EEM

    7.1 Define

    Planning and preparation

    Management Awareness

    Mobilisation

    7.2 Design

    Pilot

    Policy Development

    7.3 Refine

    7.4 Improve

    EEM Subject Matter Expert Learning Pathways

    7.5 Speeding up time to market

    Design and Performance Management Processes

    Specification and LCC Management:

    Project and Risk Management Processes

    Project Governance

    Best Practice Design Book Processes

    7.6 Chapter Summary

    Chapter 8: Early Product Management

    Why do we need EPM?

    What is EPM?

    EPM Road Map

    8.1 EPM Step 1: Shell

    8.3 EPM Step 2: Shape

    Design and Performance Management Issues

    Specification and LCC Management Process

    Project and Risk Management Process

    8.4 EPM Step 3: Scope

    Design and Performance Management

    Specification and LCC Management

    Project and Risk Management

    8.4 Links with EEM

    Project Governance

    Design and Performance Management

    Specification and LCC Management

    Project and Risk Management

    8.5 Implementing EPM

    8.6 Chapter Summary

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      Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
      Publication Date: 24/05/2017
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      When capital projects fail to deliver, it is usually not due to technical reasons but a combination of behavioral pitfalls, unclear accountabilities and gaps in design, specification, and/or project-management processes.

      Early Equipment Management (EEM): Continuous Improvement for Projects explains how well known and award winning organizations avoid these weaknesses by using:

      • Project road maps setting out clear accountabilities for each step of the concept-to-project-delivery process;
      • Progressive design goals for each step to assure the delivery of low life-cycle costs;
      • Processes to codify tacit knowledge, reveal latent design weaknesses, and build high performance cross-functional team collaboration;
      • Project governance processes that systematically raise their organizations ability to reduce time to market for new assets, products and services with higher added value and fewer resources. H

        Table of Contents

        Contents

        Preface

        Chapter 1: Early Equipment Management

        Delivering Capital Projects Faster, Cheaper, Better

        1.1 What goes wrong?

        Steps 1 and 2: Before EEM

        Change curve

        Cost curve

        Steps 3 and 4 Before EEM

        Change curve

        Cost curve

        Steps 5 and 6 Before EEM

        Change curve

        Cost curve

        What is really happening

        The Voyage of Discovery

        1.2 EEM in action

        Steps 1 and 2 With EEM

        Change curve

        Cost Curve

        Steps 3 and 5 With EEM

        Change curve

        Cost Curve

        Steps 5 and 6 With EEM

        Change curve

        Cost Curve

        The gains

        1.3 Why we need EEM

        Understanding Project Delivery Weaknesses

        D. Collaboration Weaknesses

        This is a symptom of poor working relationships/collaboration. That can mean that weak ideas are untested until it is too late resulting in unforeseen (but predictable) Installation and commissioning problems.

        Making Better Decision

        Project Governance

        Knowledge Management:

        Delivering better management processes

        1.4 The Book Structure

        Overview

        Chapter Summaries

        Chapter 2: The EEM Road Map

        2.1 EEM Road Map Overview

        Define: Getting the Right Design

        Design: Getting the design right

        Refine: Getting the Design Gains

        Improve

        2.2 EEM Project Work Streams RACI

        RACI: Responsible

        2.3 RACI Accountable Column: Design Phase

        Concept development: Aim, to develop a preferred concept

        High Level Design: Aim, to approve funding and the basis for vendor selection

        2.4 RACI Accountable Column: Design Phase

        Detailed Design: Aim, to develop a detailed specification and project delivery programme.

        Prefab Procurement

        2.5 RACI Accountable: Refine Phase

        Step 5: Installation: Aim, to install equipment in plant

        Step 6 Commissioning: Aim, to deliver flawless operation on production day 1

        2.6 RACI Accountable: Improve Phase

        Step 7 Stabilise

        Step 8 Optimise

        2.7 Summary

        Chapter 3: Design and Performance Management

        3.1 In search of better design

        Innovation

        Systematic Design Development

        3.2 In search of better performance

        Criticality assessment

        Hidden Loss Analysis/Trouble Map

        Condition Appraisal

        Day in the Life of (DILO)Review

        Incorporating PP data in Design

        3.3 Avoiding Design Pitfalls

        Create Design Modules

        Recognise Vendor Skill Sets

        Understand Behavioural Bias

        Apply the EEM Design Hierarchy

        Design Goals

        Design Guidelines

        Technical Standards

        Objective Testing

        Integrating Stakeholder Workstreams

        3.4 Systematic Design Development: Define Phase

        3.5 Systematic Design Development: Design Phase

        Vendor Induction

        Detailed design workshops

        Problem Prevention

        Detailed activity planning

        3.6 Systematic Design Development: Refine and Improve

        3.7 Chapter Summary

        Chapter 4: Specification and LCC Management

        4.1 Having the Right Conversations

        Keep the conversation flowing

        Setting the Design Agenda

        Checklist Management

        4.2 Creating powerful specifications

        Layouts

        Module Review

        Approach

        Value Engineering Review

        Preparation

        Approach

        Resource Management/Systems specification

        Draft Specification

        Systems High Level Design

        Systems Detailed Design and Forward Program

        User training, Systems Validation and Go live

        Setting Design Targets

        Process Milestones

        Basic Life Cycle Cost Model Example

        Estimating Costs

        Operating Cost Estimates

        Capital cost estimates.

        ITT Design

        Approach

        Process Milestone

        4.3 Detailed Design

        Module Review Update

        Dealing with Risk

        Specify low risk solutions

        Specify Problems to be prevented

        Use Charts and Graphs to Raise Awareness

        Specify Learning Plans that Reduce Error Risks

        Detailed Activity Planning

        Change Control

        Witnessed inspection

        4.4 Define

        4.5 Design

        4.6 Refine and Improve

        Day One Production and Site Acceptance Testing

        4.7 Summary

        Chapter 5: Project and Risk Management

        5.1 Developing the project plan

        Milestone Planning

        Understanding the critical path

        Communicating Project Timelines

        Work Scheduling

        5.2 Managing people and teams

        Creating the Collective Team Vision

        Team induction

        Team Dynamics

        Collaborating with Vendors

        Managing Communication Processes

        Project Administration

        Personal systems and procedures

        5.3 Managing risk

        The Purpose of Risk Management

        Surfacing Hazards

        Registering Risks

        Highly Regulated Industries

        Implementing Risk Mitigation

        5.4 Define

        Project Leader Role: Concept

        Project Leader Role: High Level design

        5.5 Design

        Project Leader Tasks: Detailed Design

        Project Leader Role: Pre Fab Procurement

        5.6 Refine and Improve

        Project Leader Role: Installation

        Project Leader Role: Commissioning

        Project Leader Role Stabilise

        5.7 Chapter summary

        Chapter 6: Project Governance

        Impact of Internal Processes

        6.1 Project Governance: Mind Set and Skill Set

        Direction Setting

        Capability Building

        Performance Management

        Vendor Performance

        Results Delivery

        6.2 Organisational Development, The Leadership Challenge

        Setting EEM Policies

        EEM Policy Example

        Policy and Direction

        Project Delivery

        EEM Support

        EEM Subject Matter Expert

        Project Manager/Installation Manager

        Best Practice Design book

        6.3 Organisational Development: Measuring Progress

        Setting targets

        Beyond the Stage Gate Review

        Stage Gate Team Coaching Role

        Coaching parallel work streams

        EEM Audit Process

        Approach

        Audit Roles

        Audit Agenda

        Task Milestones

        6.4 Locking in the EEM Gains

        The Origins of EEM

        Best Practice Design Books

        Compatibility of EEM with Other Design Tools

        6.5 Define

        Concept Stage Gate

        High Level Design Stage Gate

        6.6 Design

        Detailed Design

        Pre Fab Procurement

        6.7 Refine and Improve

        Installation

        Commissioning

        Post Day 1: Stabilise

        6.8 Chapter summary

        Chapter 7: Implementing EEM

        7.1 Define

        Planning and preparation

        Management Awareness

        Mobilisation

        7.2 Design

        Pilot

        Policy Development

        7.3 Refine

        7.4 Improve

        EEM Subject Matter Expert Learning Pathways

        7.5 Speeding up time to market

        Design and Performance Management Processes

        Specification and LCC Management:

        Project and Risk Management Processes

        Project Governance

        Best Practice Design Book Processes

        7.6 Chapter Summary

        Chapter 8: Early Product Management

        Why do we need EPM?

        What is EPM?

        EPM Road Map

        8.1 EPM Step 1: Shell

        8.3 EPM Step 2: Shape

        Design and Performance Management Issues

        Specification and LCC Management Process

        Project and Risk Management Process

        8.4 EPM Step 3: Scope

        Design and Performance Management

        Specification and LCC Management

        Project and Risk Management

        8.4 Links with EEM

        Project Governance

        Design and Performance Management

        Specification and LCC Management

        Project and Risk Management

        8.5 Implementing EPM

        8.6 Chapter Summary

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