Comprehensive Operational Assessment Eliminates Significant Lost Time on a 3-Year Development Project in Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benedict Akinyamoju ◽  
Don Irving ◽  
Abiodun Olofin ◽  
Christopher Browne ◽  
Enrique Loo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Critical Path ◽  
Development Project ◽  
Hole Cleaning ◽  
Process Improvements ◽  
Multiple Focus ◽  
Lost Time ◽  
Improvement Methodologies ◽  
Wellbore Strengthening ◽  
Side Track

Abstract A 3 year, 23 well project drilled by a major operator in Nigeria was challenged to develop methodologies to optimize every aspect of drilling for a development project to reduce total project time and costs. The team of operator and service company personnel created an approach that systematically examined and challenged the efficiency of all tasks. They then developed and implemented innovative methods to save time by both analyzing repetitive, lengthy, or troublesome operations and challenging many status quo rig activities. The culture of continually challenging the causes of invisible lost time (ILT) that developed resulted in the creation of several critical performance improvement methodologies each of which are explained in detail. The multiple focus areas where process improvements were made included hole cleaning efficiencies, optimizing the ROP to deliver shortest well time from drilling out the casing shoe to landing the next casing, anti-collision practices to drill out conductors with a separation factor of less than 1.0, BHA design efficiencies for equipment standardization and faster make up and break down times, managing differential sticking risks, improving survey times, and developing best practices to side-track with a point-the-bit Rotary steerable system. Exact times were tracked to establish the required baselines and drilling optimization services were introduced to modify the drilling practices to reach the technical limit. The technical limit for ROP was achieved and best practices developed in this environment for effective hole cleaning, ease of tripping, and improved tripping speeds of the BHA at the end of every run saved 38.25 days over 15 wells. Average ROP's were improved by 48% in the 17 ½" section and 57% in the 12 ¼" section. The new anti-collision methodology saved 5 hours per well. BHA assembly and tool download efficiencies saved 11.47 days. Wellbore strengthening techniques prevented seepage losses and reduced stuck pipe events. Surveying improvements saved 11.78 days and new sidetracking practices saved 5 hours per sidetrack. Tasks that could be done in parallel to the critical path were identified and tasks on the critical path were performed more efficiently. ILT elimination in drilling processes saved a total of 96 days of rig time over an established performance baseline during this 23 well project. The operator set two records for the fastest drilled and completed conventional offshore wells in Nigerian history.

An Ideation Framework for Service Process Improvement

2010 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 17-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maya Kaner ◽  
Reuven Karni
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Process Improvement ◽  
Case Based Reasoning ◽  
Process Redesign ◽  
Road Map ◽  
Current State ◽  
Successful Design ◽  
New Ideas ◽  
Effectiveness And Efficiency ◽  
Improvement Methodologies

Service delivery processes play a key role in the competitiveness of modern organizations. Their effectiveness and efficiency are a consequence of successful design of new processes and improvement of existing processes. Improvement methodologies commonly focus on generic steps serving as a road map for moving a process from its current state along a guided path to better performance. However, these methodologies ignore the crucial step of methods for modifying processes, which often necessitate the generation of new improvement alternatives; generally based on “randomized” brainstorming rather than on systematic triggering of new ideas and reusing past improvements. The authors’ framework comprises and integrates 21 goal determinants to be achieved through process redesign, 32 best practices describing possible process modifications, 40 TRIZ inventive principles for generating new improvement ideas, and case-based reasoning (CBR) for retaining and reusing past improvements. This paper illustrates the application of the proposed methodology using an example of an inbound telesales process.

scholarly journals HUBzero and CatalyzeCare: A community driven platform for data sharing and collaboration in medical informatics research

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Zentner ◽  
Richard Zink
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Infusion Pump ◽  
Daily Basis ◽  
Treatment Unit ◽  
Infusion Pumps ◽  
Process Improvements ◽  
Professional Programs ◽  
Additional Information ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Scientific Phenomena

The HUBzero platform is an infrastructure enabling online scientific communities to collaborate and share information and computational resources as they explore scientific phenomena. HUBzero has been adopted by the Regenstrief Center for Healthcare Engineering (RCHE) at Purdue University to form the HUB CatalyzeCare. RCHE has formed the community REMEDI Central on their CatalyzeCare hub that has been adopted by more than 140 hospitals and records data from over 30,000 infusion pumps. Hospitals voluntarily contribute the alert streams emanating from smart intravenous pumps and their drug limit libraries to the REMEDI Central community. Infusion pumps emit an alert whenever a healthcare professional programs the pump to administer a dose to a patient outside of the bounds established by the hospital in their drug limit library. The drug limit library contains for each drug in each treatment unit (e.g. pediatrics, intensive care) a set of low and high limits for administration by bolus and continuous infusion. A practitioner’s response to an alert can be to reprogram the pump, to delay the infusion as they seek additional information from the ordering physician, or to override. Response to an individual alert can mean the difference between successful treatment, an adverse event, or even death. In the aggregate, alerts and their associated responses can represent the quality of hospital training, areas of improvement in procedures, or deficiencies in the hospital’s drug limit library. Across hospitals, the alerts and drug limit library entries provide a means of benchmarking and improvement. As part of the agreement for joining REMEDI Central, hospitals are able to benchmark against the other hospitals in the community. No hospital is anonymous. By agreement, the hospitals have determined that the value of the shared data is high enough that they willingly identify themselves. Collectively, their goal is to improve overall patient safety by creating a set of best practices regarding infusion pump alert mitigation and response. The REMEDI Central community members meet three times annually, and openly share with each other their best practices and process improvements. The REMEDI Central community is unique in that it has three key stakeholder types and provides distinct value to each. Hospital practitioners get immediate tactical feedback from REMEDI Central as it guides them on a daily basis with regard to infusion alerts. Hospital administrators gain a strategic view from being able to benchmark their practices against their peer facilities. Researchers gain access to a stream of data that would otherwise be unavailable for the purpose of developing research-based interventions in healthcare. Since practitioners are provided immediate value from their data, they are incentivized to provide their data on a regular basis. This immediate incentive is key for researchers to be able to access an up-to-date and growing database of information.

scholarly journals HUBzero and CatalyzeCare: A community driven platform for data sharing and collaboration in medical informatics research

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Zentner ◽  
Richard Zink
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Infusion Pump ◽  
Daily Basis ◽  
Treatment Unit ◽  
Infusion Pumps ◽  
Process Improvements ◽  
Professional Programs ◽  
Additional Information ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Scientific Phenomena

The HUBzero platform is an infrastructure enabling online scientific communities to collaborate and share information and computational resources as they explore scientific phenomena. HUBzero has been adopted by the Regenstrief Center for Healthcare Engineering (RCHE) at Purdue University to form the HUB CatalyzeCare. RCHE has formed the community REMEDI Central on their CatalyzeCare hub that has been adopted by more than 140 hospitals and records data from over 30,000 infusion pumps. Hospitals voluntarily contribute the alert streams emanating from smart intravenous pumps and their drug limit libraries to the REMEDI Central community. Infusion pumps emit an alert whenever a healthcare professional programs the pump to administer a dose to a patient outside of the bounds established by the hospital in their drug limit library. The drug limit library contains for each drug in each treatment unit (e.g. pediatrics, intensive care) a set of low and high limits for administration by bolus and continuous infusion. A practitioner’s response to an alert can be to reprogram the pump, to delay the infusion as they seek additional information from the ordering physician, or to override. Response to an individual alert can mean the difference between successful treatment, an adverse event, or even death. In the aggregate, alerts and their associated responses can represent the quality of hospital training, areas of improvement in procedures, or deficiencies in the hospital’s drug limit library. Across hospitals, the alerts and drug limit library entries provide a means of benchmarking and improvement. As part of the agreement for joining REMEDI Central, hospitals are able to benchmark against the other hospitals in the community. No hospital is anonymous. By agreement, the hospitals have determined that the value of the shared data is high enough that they willingly identify themselves. Collectively, their goal is to improve overall patient safety by creating a set of best practices regarding infusion pump alert mitigation and response. The REMEDI Central community members meet three times annually, and openly share with each other their best practices and process improvements. The REMEDI Central community is unique in that it has three key stakeholder types and provides distinct value to each. Hospital practitioners get immediate tactical feedback from REMEDI Central as it guides them on a daily basis with regard to infusion alerts. Hospital administrators gain a strategic view from being able to benchmark their practices against their peer facilities. Researchers gain access to a stream of data that would otherwise be unavailable for the purpose of developing research-based interventions in healthcare. Since practitioners are provided immediate value from their data, they are incentivized to provide their data on a regular basis. This immediate incentive is key for researchers to be able to access an up-to-date and growing database of information.

Fire PRA Database Development and Applications

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris Rochon ◽  
Barbara R. Baron ◽  
Clarence L. Worrell ◽  
Mark A. Ferrel
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Power Plant ◽  
Nuclear Power Plant ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Probabilistic Risk Assessment ◽  
Development Project ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Database Development ◽  
Database Structure

Support Task B, the Fire Probabilistic Risk Assessment (FPRA) Database, is an important organizational task that directly supports nearly all of the NUREG/CR-6850 FPRA development tasks (Reference 1). As a result, the database structure can become quite complex. Westinghouse has created a FPRA Database to support the Wolf Creek Generating Station (WCGS) FPRA development project and has acquired a number of lessons learned and best practices that can be applied to the development of a FPRA for any nuclear power plant. The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the WCGS FPRA Database structure and to share the lessons learned and best practices acquired during its development.

Sodium Silicate Based Drilling Fluid Application in Gulf of Thailand to Stabilise Wellbore: A Case Study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Waleepon Sukarasep ◽  
Rahul Sukanta Dey ◽  
Visarut Phonpuntin
Keyword(s):  
Sodium Silicate ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Drilling Fluid ◽  
Wellbore Stability ◽  
Drilling Fluids ◽  
Gulf Of Thailand ◽  
Hole Cleaning ◽  
Water Based ◽  
Wellbore Strengthening ◽  
Effective Seal

Abstract Sodium Silicate were first used in water-based drilling fluids to stabilize claystone formations in the 1930's, but found favour in the 1990's in high performance, non dispersed water based systems for drilling problematic claystone formations as an alternative to oil-based drilling fluids. In Bongkot South field, Gulf of Thailand, sodium silicate-based drilling fluid (SSBDF) were used with mixed success in shallow gas drilling. Typically, platform WP-33, the claystone formation of the 12¼" section were drilled with 5% v/v Sodium Silicate in the water based drilling fluid together with excessive circulation as intention to improve hole cleaning frequently result in a wellbore that was overgauge by upto 18.9% in some case. This led to further hole cleaning problem that also compromised cement job quality. A further 6 well campaign on WPS-16 required a re-evaulation of the SSBDF coupled to an understanding of the wellbore instability mechanisms that leads to hole enlargement. To overcome better wellbore stability, sodium silicate has been designed by increased concentration to 8% v/v sodium silicate treated drilling fluid showed optimal design for application base on application of SSBDF has been used on platform WP-11 in 2002. Rheology, hydraulic and flow regime was adjusted for laminar flow that reduced the erosion of fragile claystone formation in the wellbore. The revised SSBDF formulation at WPS-16 result in a significant reduction of hole enlargement to 3.2% in the claystone section through a combination of chemicals and mechanical inhibition that contribute improved hole cleaning. The addition of wellbore strengthening material also provide an effective seal to minimize gas invasion. This paper describes the field trials in the Gulf of Thailand drilled with revised sodium sodium silicate based drilling fluid, the use of wellbore strengthening materials to manage gas influxes, better drilling practice and hydraclic simulation concluded that high performance water based drilling fluid of this nature have wider application where oil-base drilling fluid have traditionally been used.

scholarly journals Developing a Best Practices Guide for the Prevention of Problem Gambling Among Older Adults

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nigel E Turner ◽  
Jamie Wiebe ◽  
Peter Ferentzy ◽  
Nadine Kauffman ◽  
Salaha Zaheer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Research And Development ◽  
Problem Gambling ◽  
Nous Avons ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Development Project ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Transfert De Connaissances

The purpose of this research and development project was to describe the complete gambling experience and to develop best practices for the prevention of problem gambling among older adults (55 years and over) in Ontario. The challenging task of developing best practices involved integrated research and development, as well as knowledge translation and exchange (KTE) throughout the project. We developed a large, multi-organizational, multidisciplinary research team, as well as prevention and treatment work groups comprising investigators, KTE personnel, knowledge users, and service providers from key stakeholder organizations. Research dealing specifically with older adults is scarce; thus, research from other age groups was also drawn upon for this report. We incorporated a variety of types of evidence, including empirical, theoretical, expert opinion, practice-based, and normative. To obtain feedback ahead of finalizing the best practices, we disseminated preliminary best practices to key informants and other knowledge users and service providers. This feedback was incorporated into the current document. This paper presents the first set of evidence-based best practices for the prevention of problem gambling among older adults, including evidence sources, commentary, and references. We hope that these best practices help enhance prevention programs, services, and practices. In addition, we hope that this study prompts future research that examines areas that are currently insufficiently researched and helps provoke a dialogue that will lead to a broader knowledge base to guide prevention policies and practices directed at this growing segment of the population.RésuméCe projet de recherche et développement avait comme objectif de décrire l’expérience de jeu complète et de concevoir des pratiques exemplaires pour la prévention du jeu compulsif chez les adultes âgés de 55 ans et plus, en Ontario. La difficile tâche de développer des pratiques exemplaires comprenait la recherche et le développement intégrés et l’application et le transfert de connaissances tout au long du projet. Nous avons créé une grande équipe de recherche multidisciplinaire et multiorganisationnelle, ainsi que des groupes de travail sur la prévention et le traitement, composés de chercheurs, de personnel pour le transfert de connaissances, d’utilisateurs de connaissances et de fournisseurs de services provenant des principales organisations participantes. Les recherches portant spécifiquement sur les personnes plus âgées sont rares, ce qui explique le recours à la recherche sur d’autres groupes d’âge pour ce rapport. Nous avons incorporé divers types de données probantes, notamment des preuves empiriques et théoriques, des opinions d’experts et des preuves fondées sur la pratique et des faits. Pour obtenir des commentaires avant la finalisation des pratiques exemplaires, on a transmis les pratiques préliminaires aux informateurs clés et aux autres utilisateurs des connaissances et fournisseurs de services. Leur rétroaction a été intégrée dans le document actuel. Cet article présente la première série de pratiques exemplaires fondées sur des données probantes pour la prévention du jeu problématique chez les adultes en âge avancé, y compris les sources de preuves, les commentaires et les références. Nous souhaitons qu’elles puissent aider à améliorer les programmes, les services et les moyens de prévention. De plus, nous avons bon espoir que cette étude influencera les futures recherches pour l’examen de domaines actuellement peu étudiés et ouvrir un dialogue qui conduira à une base de connaissances plus large afin d’orienter les politiques et les pratiques de prévention destinées à ce segment croissant de la population.

scholarly journals TIME OPTIMIZATION USING CPM, PERT AND PDM METHODS IN THE SOCIAL AND DEPARTMENT OF KELAUTAN BUILDING DEVELOPMENT PROJECT GRESIK DISTRICT

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 57-66
Author(s):  
Ardabil Maulana ◽  
Fredy Kurniawan
Keyword(s):  
Critical Path ◽  
Development Project ◽  
Service Development ◽  
Planning Time ◽  
Diagram Method ◽  
Project Completion ◽  
The Social ◽  
Result Show ◽  
The Right ◽  
Efficient Work

Planning a project there are many important things that affect the success and smoothness, one of which planning time implementation of the right and efficient work. The way to overcome the problem is by using several methods such as CPM (Critical Path Method), PERT (Project Evaluation and Review Teqnique), PDM (Precedence Diagram Method). From the calculation result show that the duration of project completion using CPM method is 57 weeks, project completion duration using PERT method is 78 + 7.5 weeks with the probability of achieving project completion time target is 99.87% and project completion duration using PDM method is 30 weeks. So the method that best suits the Social Service Development Project and the Office of Marine Gresik Regency is the PDM method because the PDM method is capable of producing shorter project completion periods than the CPM and PERT methods of 30 weeks.

scholarly journals APPLICATION OF NETWORK ANALYSIS CRASHING METHOD IN EVALUATING THE SCHEDULE OF NAVAL BASE FACILITY DEVELOPMENT PROJECT

JOURNAL ASRO ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (01) ◽  
pp. 153
Author(s):  
Raditya Novianto ◽  
Suparno Suparno ◽  
Sutrisno Sutrisno ◽  
Abdul Rahman
Keyword(s):  
Network Analysis ◽  
Critical Path ◽  
Research Problem ◽  
Development Project ◽  
Project Schedule ◽  
Earned Value ◽  
Diagram Method ◽  
Project Method ◽  
Facility Construction ◽  
Naval Base

A project of base facility is a kind of routine developing in Indonesian Naval. In this developmentt is necessary to develop methods in measuring performance and evaluating project time through a more accurate critical path feature. The research problem statement is how to evaluate the project schedule related to the time and cost of the Indonesian Navy's facility construction project by conducting a case study as a study for project scheduling at a later stage. The research objective is to identify the critical path of the project through network analysis, determine the factors that cause delays and how to overcome them, and calculate the time effectiveness and cost-efficiency of the project based on the calculation of scheduling acceleration. In this study, project performance measurement was carried out using the Earned Value Method (EVM) and network analysis using the Precedence Diagram Method (PDM). The solution to overcome delays with the crashing project method. The results of the discussion identified 15 critical path activities. The factor causing the delay is the delay in activities on the critical path due to the low level of productivity of the workforce group. The crashing method through additional 2 hours/day overtime can solve the problem of delays so that project implementation can be accelerated from the implementation of 256 working days to 226 working days (11.72% effectiveness) with the initial project cost of Rp. 74,316,727,585.00 reduced to Rp. 72,152,162,704.00 (2.91% efficiency). It will be measurable and reasonable in responsibility when it was suitable with the target.   Keywords : Network Analysis, Naval Base, and Project Development.

When the Wisdom of Communication is Vital During the Requirements Elicitation Process

2014 ◽  
pp. 41-59
Author(s):  
Sabrina Ahmad ◽  
Noor Azilah Muda ◽  
Maslita Abd. Aziz ◽  
Emaliana Kasmuri
Keyword(s):  
Software Engineering ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Software Development ◽  
Human Factors ◽  
Development Project ◽  
Requirements Elicitation ◽  
Critical Problem ◽  
Software Development Project ◽  
Elicitation Process ◽  
The Right

Requirements elicitation is accepted as one of the most crucial stages in software engineering, as it addresses the critical problem of designing the right software for the stakeholder. It is seldom technical difficulties that cause problems in the process of requirements elicitation but rather human factors, especially communication. This chapter presents the requirements elicitation experience with the industry and the lessons learnt throughout the process. It highlights the requirements elicitation best practices and alternative options during the process. It also discusses the issues concerning communication disparity between the stakeholders, which may affect the software development project as a whole. The outcome of the requirements elicitation process experience is reported and analysed for future improvement.

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