Project stages

The first three phases listed above are sometimes defined collectively as the pre-project stage. This is the stage in which ideas are developed and tested, but before large funding commitments are made. 

FIG. 26-11 Hazard evaluation at various project stages. (CCPS, 1993, hy petmission of AIChE. )... 

Table 4. Project stages at which each feature of friendly design should be discussed (Kletz, 1991). 

Projects with an integrated management team (owner and engineering contractor) have the lowest number of design changes at any project stage. 

The validation life-cycle phases align closely with the project stages for new computer system applications. With this in mind, it is recognized that a significant proportion of the documentation required for validation may be generated by a well-controlled and -documented project. 

Reckhow, K.H., and Gray, J. (2000) Neuse River Estuary modeling and monitoring project stage 1 stage 1 executive summary and long-term modeling recommendations. Report no. 325-A of the Water Resources Research Institute, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N.C. 

Table 3.1 Hazard identification techniques appropriate to different project stages...

The goal of the exploratory project stage is to provide initial confirmation of marketplace interest and technical feasibility. Business extensions and process improvement projects should provide transition details on how the project will move from the idea to the intended business. The following deliverables are required for a project to move into the EP stage. 

It is important that the impacts of these regulations are planned for in the early project stages. 

The post-mortem of unsuccessful projects reveals, more often than not, that failures are attributable to risks that could have been avoided, or their impact mitigated, had they been identified during the early project stages. 

As in project cost, the greatest opportunities to influence project schedule are found during the initial project stages. Cost and schedule are intimately related and the schedule corresponding to the minimum execution cost is the optimum one. Any deviations could have a negative cost impact. 

At the risk of being repetitive, it must be said once more that the greatest opportunities of real cost savings are found during the initial project stages. 

The succeeding paragraphs include guidelines and tips applicable to the various initial project stages. 

The project execution plan and master project schedule developed by the Owner s Project Manager during the initial project stages (Chapter 9) set the basis and execution logic for the entire project and, normally, are all that is needed to execute small projects. However, in major projects, the responsibility for the actual execution is eventually turned over to an EPC contractor who must assume the planning and scheduling functions and issue an expanded execution plan and MPS in details commensurate with the size and complexity of the project. 

TABLE 1.3-9. Formulation Attributes at the Development Project Stages... 

Using software based on objects has two key advantages The first is related to the project stage of the life cycle, and the second is related to the later stages... 

Oftentimes the enthusiasm of individuals, generated in the search and evaluate group, is sufficient to persuade them to step up and decleire themselves candidates for participation in the project stage. 

This section presents key elements for execution of a successful revamp project. A typical revamp project has five stages pre-feasibility, conceptual design, FEED, EPC and start-up. A complete revamp project execution sequence is shown in Figure 2.2. Key project resources required, cost estimation methods, their accuracy and deliverables at every project stage... 

Table 2.4 Summary of revamp project stages, resources required, cost estimation and key deliverables. 

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