Design/development plan

When an oil or gas field has just been discovered, the quality of the information available about the well stream may be sparse, and the amount of detail put into the process design should reflect this. However, early models of the process along with broad cost estimates are needed to progress, and both design detail and cost ranges narrow as projects develop through the feasibility study and field development planning phases (see Section 12.0 for a description of project phases). 

These inputs will come from the product design activities and should already be documented. On receiving these inputs the process development team should review them and begin to produce the process development plan. 

You should develop a documented procedure for the facility planning activity that will ensure the provision of adequate information on which to base plant design decisions. The procedures should provide for a separate development plan with allocation of responsibilities for the various tasks to be undertaken and should cover the layout, specification, procurement, installation, and commissioning of the new or revised plant. 

Create a plan of how you intend to design, develop, introduce, and evaluate the quality system. 

You should prepare a design and development plan for each new design and also for any modification of an existing design that radically changes the performance of the... 

Design and development plans need to identify the activities to be performed, who will perform them, and when they should commence and be complete. One good technique is to use a network chart (often called a PERT chart), which links all the activities together. Alternatively a bar chart may be adequate. In addition there does need to be some narrative, as charts rarely convey everything required. 

Planning for all phases at once can be difficult, as information for subsequent phases will not be available until earlier phases have been completed. So, your design and development plans may consist of four separate documents, one for each phase and each containing some detail of the plans you have made for subsequent phases. 

Your design and development plans may also need to be subdivided into plans for special aspects of the design, such as reliability plans, safety plans, electromagnetic compatibility plans, configuration management plans. 

The standard requires that the design and development plans describe or reference design and development activities. Hence where you need to produce separate plans they should be referenced in the overall plan so that you remain in control of all the activities. 

The standard requires that the design and development plans be updated as the design evolves. 

This requirement appears low down in the list of requirements and should ideally have been the first requirement that the standard addressed under design control. Until you have a design input you cannot carry out your design and development planning. 

Prepare procedures for the preparation and maintenance of design and development plans. 

Do allow for designs to fail design verification in your development plans - never assume designs can be produced right first time. 

A statement of work which you require the subcontractor to perform - it might be design, development, management, or verification work and will include a list of required deliverables such as project plans, quality plans, production plans, drawings, test data, etc. You need to be clear as to the interfaces both organizationally and technically (see Part 2 Chapter 4). 

The best way to ensure that your plan for PSM design, development, and installation will mesh with local culture is to rely heavily on local management in formulating your initial plan. In some situations, the best approach may prove to be direct importation of PSM systems developed elsewhere, while in other situations you may serve as a resource to a local team that engages in its own design process. 

Suitable sites are normally limited to those areas designed in development plans as being for industrial or commercial uses. Such land should be capable of being accessed directly from the primary or secondary distributor roads in the area. Segregation of tmcks and tmck access from residential areas should be achieved where possible. 

Design and Development Planning b) Design and Development Planning... 

To this end, mentors should make every effort to put mentees at their ease. Eurthermore, it is useful if they gather as much information about their mentee, the mentee s career and (if appropriate) the mentee s company as possible. Understanding mentees and their situation is vital because problems can only be correctly identified, and tailored development plans designed, when the context is clear. 

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