Bringing the lost art of systems engineering & integration back to well control equipment
Assess Your Schedule, Tip #4
Last week, I talked about the importance of being diligent in breaking down engineering work with a WBS. I get kind of fixated on engineering because it’s at the start of any engineered-to-order system or new product development that I typically deal with. I’ve...
read moreAssess Your Schedule, Tip #2 & 3
In last week’s schedule assessment tip, I talked about identifying and being wary of any activities that were longer than a week in duration. This week I’m going to address how I assess engineering work in a schedule. Again, my context is primarily drilling equipment....
read moreAssess Your Schedule, Tip #1
A client recently asked me what were some of the things I look for when assessing an equipment-related schedule for the first time. My frame of reference is drilling equipment, mostly well control equipment. TIP #1: I’m immediately wary of any activity that takes...
read moreFRACAS, Final Words
Well, you've made it! It's Halloween and you've reached the end of my FRACAS series, and I’m sure some of you are getting a little misty eyed! Not to worry, sometime in the not-to-distant future, I’ll be back sharing my rantings, ravings and general musings on another...
read moreFRACAS, Corrective Action, Part 2
For FRACAS to be effective, all parts of the system have to be effective. The system will eventually fail even you're only doing an excellent job at Failure Reporting and Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA). And it will fail badly, particularly if you end up with a...
read moreFRACAS, Corrective Action, Part 1
So far, we’ve talked about reporting failures, then we talked about doing some type of analysis to determine the cause of failures, and now for this week’s tip, we will begin discussing the Corrective Action phase of FRACAS. Depending on the nature and severity of the...
read moreFRACAS Analysis, Part 7
This week’s tip finalizes our discussion on the Analysis phase of FRACAS, continuing with some of the different types of analysis tools which can be used to help determine the root cause. Last week’s tip talked about the Cause and Effect Diagram, also known as the...
read moreFRACAS Analysis, Part 6
This week’s tip continues discussing the Analysis phase of FRACAS, specifically the different types of analysis tools which can be used to help determine the root cause. Last week’s tip talked about Graphical Analysis. We’ll focus this week on the Cause and Effect...
read moreFRACAS Analysis, Part 5
This week’s tip continues discussing the Analysis phase of FRACAS with some of the different types of analysis tools which can be used to help determine the root cause. Last week’s tip talked about Brainstorming and the 5 Whys. This week we’ll focus on Graphical...
read moreFRACAS Analysis, Part 4
This week’s tip continues discussing the Analysis phase of FRACAS, and we’ll focus on some of the analysis tools that can be used to help determine the root cause. A key point to remember from last week’s tip is to ensure that you have the problem (failure incident)...
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