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Improving Project Performance
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How PDRI can improve your project performance
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• Benefits of PDRI • What is PDRI? • Value • Who uses it? • How is PDRI being used? • What we offer
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Benefits of PDRI
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• Higher probability of meeting cost and schedule • Lower percentage of change orders • Better team alignment and communication
– Contractor / owner communications • Improved risk assessment • Ability to make “trade-off” decisions • Can be used in developing project portfolio
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• Higher probability of meeting cost and schedule • Standardized scope package • Ability to measure scope definition • Avenue to communicate and reconcile differences • Monitor progress in planning phase • Minimize design rework
– Fewer change orders
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What Is PDRI?
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• An Acronym – Project Definition Rating Index
• An Index – Score along a continuum representing the level of
scope definition • A Risk Management Tool
– Identifies and measures risks related to project scope definition
• Developed by Construction Industry Institute – Affiliated with University of Texas, US
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Industrial Buildings Sec%ons: 3 3
Categories: 15 11
Elements: 70 64
Score Low: 70 64
Score: High 1000 1000
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Elements: 70 for industrial and 64 for buildings
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A1. Reliability Philosophy
A list of the general design principles to be considered to achieve dependable opera%ng performance from the unit. Evalua%on criteria should include:
Jus%fica%on of spare equipment
Control, alarm, and safety systems redundancy
Extent of providing surge and intermediate storage capacity to permit independent shutdown of por%ons of the plant
Mechanical / structural integrity of components (metallurgy, seals, types of couplings, bearing selec%on, etc.)
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Note: Score is weighted per criteria – weighting not shown here
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Value
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1000 Points
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N = number of projects
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• A score – Represents a continuum – Relative to timing – Only as valid as effort/seriousness
• Accuracy (the real score) can be improved with facilitation
• Perhaps is not the most important output of the assessment – Working towards improvement of score
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Who uses it?
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PDRI TYPE PDRI USAGE
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• Saudi Aramco / Aramco Services, Chevron, Conoco Phillips
• NASA, Smithsonian • Jacobs Engineering, Bechtel, ABB Lumus, Black
& Veatch, Cargill, KBR
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How is PDRI Being Used?
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• As a checklist in early project development (81%)
• As a “gate” check before moving to the next project phase (72%)
• In conjunction with other front end planning measurement methods (72%)
• As a means of measuring or benchmarking front-end planning process performance (70%)
• More than once on most projects (42%)
Source: CII, Gibson, 2007
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• Other usage of PDRI:
– As an audit tool (42%)
– In a modified form for small or unusual projects (33%)
– To help capture lessons-learned (28%)
Source: CII, Gibson, 2007
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What We Offer
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• Can be performed during pre-planning – Chevron does multiple
times during front-end planning for larger projects, once for smaller ones
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• Management discussions (variable) • Time to provide explanation of PDRI
and value: half hour • Two-and-a-half to four hours initially
per package • Report time is additional • Management briefing • Risk mitigation is additional
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• One day course • Agenda
– Value of process – History – Case study – Explanation of building and
industrial PDRIs – Role play exercise – Personal action plan
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Summary
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• PDRI is a tool that works
• PDRI should be used with care
• “Score” is good
– Process of getting there provides additional value
• How will your organization be using this leading practice in the future?
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Project Auditors LLC http://www.projectauditors.com [email protected] Joy Gumz Senior Director
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