A Lessons Learned Discussion of Digital Control Upgrades How to Make Sure Your Digital Upgrade is Over- Budget, Over - Schedule, and Everyone’s Vacation Gets Cancelled

Major Topics 3

Major Phases of a DCS Project 4 Sales/Proposal Phase Management Phase Design Phase Implementation Phase Testing Phase Startup/ Commissioning

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6 The Sales/Proposal Phase Request For Quote Competitive Bid Process Proposals Awarding of Contract Purchase Order

The Management Phase 7 Assemble Project Team Hold Kickoff Meeting Develop Schedule Project Specification Finalized; Requirements Created Develop Plans  Project Management Plan  Quality Assurance Plan  Etc, etc, etc  AND……

The Management Phase (cont…) Slide 8 DESIGN INPUT Examples: Process Description P&ID Drawings Existing Logic and Function Drawings Procedures Alarms, setpoint, scaling information I/O Database

Project I/O Database Slide 9

Project I/O Database Slide 10 Database  I/O Load (Drawings)  Wiring Diagrams  Control Database  New Control Drawings  Software Design Description  Hardware Test Procedure  Site Testing  Process Graphics  Graphic Documentation  Historian  Reporting  Other Systems  Documentation  Software Test Procedure  Site Testing  Site Procedures

The Design Phase 11 BEGIN DESIGN FREEZE Design Input continues END Design Calculations System Design Drawings I/O Database Failure Modes and Effects Analysis Testing Plans Traceability Matrix

The Implementation Phase 12 Application Software Control/Graphics/Historian /Reports Test Cases and Procedures Updated Design Drawings Possible Dry Run Testing

The Testing Phase 13 Pre-Testing (Vendor Test) Factory Acceptance Testing (Customer Test) Corrections and Retest Changes

The Startup/Commissioning Phase 14 YOUR system now