An Integrated System for Improving Design Team Performance and for Measuring Operability Results

ABSTRACT Operability is defined as the effectiveness of the facility in performing as designed upon commissioning and is measured principally in the first 6-12 months of new operation. Generally in the construction and installation of production facilities, teams have had few tools or generally accepted practices for impacting the effective Operability of the facility, measuring that Operability, and linking the two. This paper describes a recent study of a significant number of projects incorporating operability results and other information gathered from world-wide subject-matter experts and the subsequent development of new tools to improve Operability performance. Presented are the data analyses methodology, results and new tools for predicting the likelihood of project operability success several years ahead of commissionin. This paper describes the Operability Toolbox method to measure and improve Operability effectiveness.