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
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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.
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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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