How Schlumberger Achieved Networked Information Leadership by Transitioning to a Product-Platform Software Architecture

摘要

To sustain its competitive position as the leader in providing information solutions to the oil and gas industry, Schlumberger transitioned to a cutting-edge product-platform software architecture by embedding a leading geological modeling software product-Petrel-within Ocean, its collaborative open software platform. The practices it used to overcome the challenges of the transition give rise to three principles that can be leveraged by other companies.(1,2)