4. 4
Challenge #3 – Make better use of scarce resources
and deliver to expectations
• Improving the accuracy of schedules and forecasts
• No common method for communicating risk, likelihood and possible impact
clearly to prompt mitigating action and justify proposed spends
Challenge
• Develop & deploy an enterprise risk solution to manage risk and contingency
planning
Solution
6. 9
Challenge #4 – Poor coordination and tracking of
communication between internal & external parties
• Inefficient work processes, document coordination, and collaboration for
internal and external resources increasing the impact on cost, schedule,
scope and quality of projects and programs
• Thousands of documents, formats, sources…so, insufficient or missing
documentation for claims
Challenge
• Develop standards and repeatable processes for managing programs/projects
• Store documents in a centralized repository with real-time access by all parties
Solution
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Challenge #1 – Inefficient processes for managing
work orders
• Utilize manual, homegrown systems to schedule work orders and assign
resources …so they don’t optimize resources
Challenge
• Integrate best of breed systems to provide accurate and timely forecasting of
cost, schedule and resources to completion
• Provide one access point for all project and resource information
Solution
16. 19
Import work orders from EAM → sequence them
according to priority and resource availability → send
dates back to EAM
17. 20
One access point for all project information
Sample integration with SAP via Inspire
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Challenge #2 – Inefficient use of craft labor
• Low craft productivity (Avg is 35%) due to poor planning and utilization
• Difficulty managing emergent (unplanned) work due to lack of enterprise-wide
resource visibility
Challenge
• Visualize leveling resources to optimize utilization
• Optimize resource utilization on the critical path during shutdowns/outages
Solution
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Challenge #3 – Aging workforce
• Knowledge “walking out the door”
• Inability to capture best practices
Challenge
• Deploy a knowledge retention strategy
Solution
24. 27
Use templates to capture best practices of retiring
workforce
• Quickly “ramp up”
new hires
• Drive operational
savings through
standardized project
management
approaches