Agile Project Execution The future of Industrial Process Automation projects

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Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Agile Project Execution

Conventional Project Execution

Agile Project Execution as a Solution

How can we do things better? Page 21.

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Process automation is undergoing major changes,

driven by customers desire for technological advances

from the main automation system integrators in the

industry. Representatives from different industries are

driving vendors like Yokogawa to re-evaluate how

large-scale automation projects are implemented.

The customer message is clear: projects take too long;

they are too engineering-intensive; and the

automation systems frequently become the critical

path in the final stages, often causing the project to fall

behind schedule.

With several hundred major automation projects

executed globally each year, the industry system

integrators can draw on several decades of

experience working in various industries and with a

range of technologies.

Individually and collectively, they are applying their

knowledge of best practices and lessons learned to

answer the question, “How can we do things better?”

As a result, Yokogawa is being guided by the industries

it serves to develop and improve solutions that provide

the reliability, operability and safety expected from

control system platforms. Yokogawa is also being

asked to improve methodologies for assembling,

executing and deploying a complex process solution

with improved efficiency, lower installation cost and

greater adherence to schedule.

Evolving Automation Technology & Changing Project Execution

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Most innovations tend to advance two main

categories: 1) project management and 2) technical

improvements. These two categories are deeply

intertwined on multiple levels and, as such, can work

together to improve projects.

This eBook will address Yokogawa’s vision on Project

Execution. We know that the challenge for automation

providers is, to develop technologies combined with

project execution processes designed to create the

greatest possible value.

The key to achieve this is, is to reduce or remove the

dependency of application engineering on the

hardware implementation, eliminate the constraints of

marshalling and termination, and allow system

independent commissioning of IO loops (no DCS

database required). The software side of automation

can be engineered and tested in a similar modular

fashion, independent of the actual target hardware

which can be assigned flexibly at any stage in the

project. Yokogawa calls this:

Agile Project Execution (APEX). 3.

This approach to automation utilizes key Yokogawa

technologies to achieve smart, decoupled software

and hardware engineering, using a modular design

approach with flexible project implementation.

In order to better understand the evolving automation

landscape and the way automation projects are being

executed is changing, we will define what we call the

‘conventional project execution methodology’ in

chapter 1. We will also address the main challenges

that arise with this conventional approach.

In chapter 2 we dive deeper into the technical aspects

of these challenges and we will describe how

Yokogawa deals with them according to our Agile

Project Execution vision for automation projects.

In chapter 3 we will answer the main question: how can

we do things better?

For now, we hope that you will enjoy reading this eBook.

Agile Project Execution

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About Yokogawa Yokogawa's global network of 88 companies spans 56 countries. Founded in 1915, the US$3,5 billion conducts cutting-edge research and innovation. Yokogawa is engaged in the industrial automation and control (IA), test and measurement, other business segments.

The IA segment plays a vital role in a wide range of industries including oil, chemicals, natural gas, power, iron and steel, pulp and paper, pharmaceuticals, and food. More information: www.yokogawa.com

Author: Eugene Spiropoulos

Business Consultant for

Process Management & Manufacturing Solutions

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