Pilot testing implementation

Enable management to accurately re-estimate resource requirements. A pilot test helps take a great deal of the guesswotk out of forecasting timetables, staffing needs, and costs for full PSM implementation. 

Like any other effective test, your company s PSM pilot should be neither too difficult nor too easy. A "successful" pilot test is one that (1) thoroughly exercises the PSM system you have developed so that you can identify its strengths and weaknesses, and (2) is sufficiently well-designed and -executed that it can act as a model for full-scale implementation. For example, testing a management of change system in a way that ranks changes would be appropriate. In short, consider the pilot test as a microcosm—and treat it with the same attention you would devote to a companywide installation. 

While you may wish to defer a firm decision about where, specifically, to start rolling out the system until the pilot test is completed, it s wise to consider a number of options as part of the planning process. The priorities you identified in Chapter 5 (both facilities and elements) provide useful guidance similarly, the implementation strategy you have adopted (companywide, facility-specific, or hybrid) will affect these decisions. 

As part of developing the PSM implementation plan (Chapter 5), you and the team identified benefits unique to the approach you selected, using them to help win management s approval. For example, your plan may focus on priority elements because the assessment you conducted suggests that this method will yield the greatest overall improvement in safety performance. And, as part of the pilot test described in this chapter, you focused on facility-specific benefits to enlist the support of local management and staff. 

Implement Pilot Data Collection Exercise in Supportive Culture In order to ensure that the data collection system has been thoroughly checked and tested prior to its laimch, it is advisable to test it in a plant or plant area where there is likely to be a supportive culture. This will allow the effectiveness of the system to be addressed prior to a larger-scale implementation in a less controlled environment. 

May be difficult to implement in low-permeability aquifers Reinjection wells or infiltration galleries may require permits or may be prohibited Biodegradation pathways may be site-specific, potentially requiring pilot testing or treatability studies A relatively large amount of oxidant may be needed for treatment of large contaminant mass... 

The cost of implementing an in situ surfactant flood will vary significantly from site to site. Because costs of full-scale implementation do not exist, currently available cost estimates are based on hypothetical examples and extrapolation from field pilot tests. For typical waste sites having contamination limited to the upper 15 m (49 ft) below ground surface, estimated costs range from 1.4 million per hectare to 18 million per hectare, or approximately 90 to 990/m ( 65 to 750/yd ) of treated contaminated soil (D16070D, p. ES-4). 

The three-dimensional simulation domain is described Figure 1 for a two-compartment filter-press electrolyser. The cathode and anode compartments are separated by a rigid impermeable membrane, to prevent S02 crossover. The conductivity of a CMX Neocepta membrane is assumed for simulation. Both Pt electrodes are flat and parallel. Counter-current fluid flow is maintained under steady-state conditions in the plane-parallel compartments. The dimensions are those of the FM01-LC model, manufactured by ICI Chemical Polymer Company, and used in the Westinghouse pilot test facility implemented in the Marcoule Laboratory [9],... 

Positive results similar to the pilot test were observed from these treatments. The total incremental oil recovery factor was 5.8%. In this case, the following measures were taken in the implementation ... 

After all the preceding studies were done, the AP pilot test was implemented from January 1995 to August 1998. The AP flood increased the oil recovery by 1.98% (OOlP) for the whole pilot area and 18.5% (OOlP) for the central well area, respectively. From January 1995 to the time the water cut reached 98.0%, the oil recovery was 3.34% (OOlP) for the whole pilot area, and AP had given an ultimate oil recovery of about 50% (OOlP). However, it was found that the AP flood conducted in this pilot area was not economically attractive owing to larger amount of capital investment and the low oil price at that time. For more details of this performance, see Zhang et al. (1999). 

Implementation of binary precursor neutralization does not appear in current NSCWM disposal budgets. A pilot test program for neutralization of DF and QL was scheduled to begin in late September 2001 (see Table 2-4) but has not started due to restrictions on the movement of these two... 

By means of specially designed single or multi electrode probes many electrochemical test methods can, in principle, be implemented in plant, pilot testing facilities or natural environments. 

For the present review, the committee conducted an in-depth exanoination of each technology provider s data, analyses, and demonstration test results for the critical components tested. This review report supplements the ACW I report and considers the demonstration performance of the Demo II candidate technologies and their readiness for advancement to pilot-scale implementation. Because testing in these areas is ongoing, the committee decided to cut short its fact-finding efforts for input to this report as of March 30, 2001. This cutoff was necessary in order to provide the sponsor with the needed information in a timely fashion. 

Step 5. Implement des The detailed designs in Step 4 are critically tested. The most promising design is pilot-tested and if successfiil, proceeds to full-scale implementation. 

Once the pilot test is passed, the formal implementation can be carried out in an incremental manner through a set of iterations with acouple of milestones, which ensure that the implementation... 

Scriven (1967) first distinguished between the formative and summative roles of evaluation. Formative evaluations, conducted during the implementation of a safety program, provide directors information that helps improve the program. Formative evaluation typically involves content inspection by experts, pilot tests with small numbers of workers, field tests with larger numbers of workers in several plants, and so forth. Each step results in immediate feedback to the developers, who would then use the information to make necessary revisions (Worthen and Sanders 1987,34). 

Write the project action plans. Apply a methodology to evaluate and change the process. Such a methodology also appears in Chapter 12, where we discuss the do" phase in considerable detail. Test solutions in pilot testing. Implement the organization structure and measurements needed for full-scale implementation. 

Delayed start up of pilot stages implementation 4 3 12 Formal application of project management methods by a multidisciplinary team accountable for the pilot test results... 

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