Organizations are always looking to approach production in innovative ways that will boost the results, increase productivity, cut down slack time and increase revenue while keeping the risks of HSE failures and asset integrity incidents down to a minimum. The challenges are greater when time pressure comes into play. Consequently when an operational rig is shutdown for maintenance it becomes important to execute the project in a shortest time while ensuring uncompromising HSE, Quality and Asset Integrity standards. NDC examined its practices and put in place an innovative process and named this initiative Excellence in Projects (EiP). Simply put the Excellence in Projects follows the typical path of planning, execution, reviewing, and then once again planning. It follows the classic Deming cycle of PDCA and translates this in project terms. Starting with an assumption of a "perfect world" with unlimited resources in terms of funds, material and manpower, the EiP allows teams to plan a Perfect Project on paper. The requirement is to come up with a perfect time and quality output-best quality with the shortest time. The output of this ideal project is then transferred into real-life actions taking account of the actual projects constraints. The final result is the happy medium of truly achievable goals against challenging odds. The project is allowed to run and the lessons learnt are captured on completion and feed into the next project thus ensuring a continuous improvement cycle at all times. This paper is a case study on the successful implementation of this EiP project, using set KPIs and scoring systems, yielding excellent benefits not just in time and cost saving but also Team Building, Quality, Reliability and above all HSE and Asset Integrity.
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