Dynamic Schedule Management: A Team Approach to Increase Worker Performance & Reduce the Risk of Cost and Schedule Over-runs

E.J. (Ted) Lister, STO Navigator Professional, STO Navigator™

Intermediate to Expert

Shutdowns, turnarounds, and outages (STOs) are complex projects, difficult to schedule, and even more difficult to control. A typical outage may contain as many as 100,000 direct wrench hours, 20,000 activities, 500 resources, limited work areas, and demanding outage windows. To safely and efficiently execute each activity, while maintaining quality performance, a method of real-time scheduling must be implemented.

This session will demonstrate how Dynamic Schedule Management (DSM) techniques will replace traditional project scheduling methods. It will explore how to establish realistic plans and assign Performance Factors (PF) to increase worker performance, decrease cost, and reduce the risk of schedule over-runs. Join this session to hear about the following themes:

• Establishing key performance indicators and targets
• Using benchmark estimates for job plans
• Understanding friction time and productivity factors
• Programming versus scheduling (Dynamic Scheduling)
• Receiving accurate and timely activity status from the field
• Maintaining control of shift reports
• Trending and performance analysis
• The Dynamic Trio (STO Navigators)

Lessons:
• By employing the leveling function (driven by activity codes), WBS, and calendars,
a method of Dynamic Schedule Management can significantly increase the
safety and efficiency of the workforce
• Learning the difference between planning and scheduling, in conjunction with
the power of the scheduling software, a planner/scheduler can produce a realistic
shift report within minutes of receiving field updates
• Planners/schedulers can program the computer to produce realistic shift
reports and earned-value reports for project controls, allowing us to react to
changing conditions in real-time

E.J. (Ted) Lister, STO Navigator™

E.J. (Ted) Lister is a certified STO Navigator with more than 25 years of combined hands-on field experience and STO management and mentoring expertise. Ted is recognized internationally as a talented, entertaining, and educational speaker and presenter on the subject of STO best-practices. He has written, developed, and delivered numerous training courses related to asset management and reliability, maintenance management, change management, performance management and most passionately, shutdowns, turnarounds and outages. Ted is the author of Successful Change Management. His background is in the instrumentation, electrical, and rotating field with a combined education of trade certificates, planning and scheduling accreditations, project management designations, and human resource management training.