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Organizational Strategies for Instantaneous Project Controls

Douglas E. Weaver, Walbridge

Research Team 316

Informal Survey

• How old is the information you receive when you are making critical decisions? Hours? Days? Weeks? Months?

• Would you like on-demand access to current project status information at any time?

Given that an instantaneous control function is defined by a continuous feed or collection of data and an on-

demand, accurate reporting.

Do You Remember?

“One if by land, Two if by sea!”

• Critical information

• Coordination and planning

• High-quality information

• Information traveling at the speed of light

• Performance improvement

• Wasn’t purchased software or technology alone

Brian Lipko, Hargrove Engineers + Constructors

Brian Kong, U.S. Department of Energy

Chris Marcon, McCarthy Building Company

David Grau, Arizona State University

Douglas E. Weaver, Walbridge (Chair)

Graciela Garcia, Conoco-Phillips

Jeff Hoffa, Marathon Petroleum Corporation

Research Team 316Mitch Cornelius, Yates Construction

Lillie Allston, CH2M Hill

Patricia Pipping, Phillips 66 Company

Robert Lobron, Kaiser Permanente (Co-Chair)

Rodolfo Gonzalez, Occidental Oil and Gas Corporation

Sandra Greene, Wood Group Mustang

W. Edward Back, The University of Alabama

Research Goal

Develop practices, recommendations, and tools for an instantaneous and prioritized project controls function that yields precise, adequate, and timely information.

Research Method

History of Innovation – A Reporting Perspective

Time to Report

1750 1850 1950 2000 2025

1 month

x months

2 weeks

Phone

TelegraphPony Express

Radio

Fax

Computers

Typewriter

Laptops

Cloud Solutions

E-mailBIM

Databases

Smart Phones

Mobile DevicesLaser Scanners

RFID

Printers

Project Management Repositories

On-demand

Artificial Intelligence

Google Glasses

Social Media

Information Pervasiveness

Augmented Reality

GPS

Train

Courier Data Mining

Big Data

However, it’s not commercial software or technology alone.

Instantaneous and on-

demand reporting must

be supported by

organizational maturity.

What is it? A Maturity Matrix of Practices

Organizational Behavior

CultureLeadership

Contracts

Project Controls

Work Planning

Data Collection

Reporting

Advanced Information

Technologies

Information Integration

Workflow Management

Business Intelligence

Maturity Matrix of Practices

Organizational Behavior

CultureLeadership

Contracts

Project Controls

Work Planning

Data Collection

Reporting

Advanced Information

Technologies

Information Integration

Workflow Management

Business Intelligence

Maturity Matrix of Practices

Organizational Behavior

CultureLeadership

Contracts

Project Controls

Work Planning

Data Collection

Reporting

Advanced Information

Technologies

Information Integration

Workflow Management

Business Intelligence

Maturity Matrix of Practices

Advanced Information

Technologies

Information Integration

Workflow Management

Business Intelligence

Organizational Behavior

CultureLeadership

Contracts

Project Controls

Work Planning

Data Collection

Reporting

What’s Your Project Controls Instantaneous Quotient?

RT 316 has designed 3 tools to help improve your Project Controls IQ!

Tool 1 – Quick Assessment (QA)

(Rapid and Easy to Use)

Tool 2 – Instantaneous Quotient (IQ)

(Detailed Assessment)

Tool 3 - Workflow Implementation Process

(Road Map)

Come to Our Implementation Session

Moderator

Brian Lipko, Hargrove Engineers + Constructors

Panel

David Grau, Arizona State University

Douglas E. Weaver, Walbridge

Patricia Pipping, Phillips 66 Company

Rodolfo Gonzalez, Occidental Oil and Gas Corporation

It’s coming!!!

Value PropositionTimely & better-informed decisions

Improved cost & schedule

performance

Effective project risk mitigation

Efficient capital portfolio

management

Competitive marketplace advantage

Learning Objectives

•Instantaneous project controls provides the greatest benefitsLearn When

•Type of processes must be instantaneously reportedDiscover What

•Organizational maturity can enable instantaneous project controls

Understand How