Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-188) and index
List of tables and figures -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Preface -- About the author --
1. Migration project justification -- Determining your approach -- Defining ROI -- System failures -- Parts availability or obsolescence issues -- Difficulty integrating with newer applications and systems -- Reduced availability of support services -- Operational inefficiency -- Summary --
2. A comprehensive FEL -- Selecting your FEL resources -- Identifying key engineering deliverables -- Deliverable descriptions and content -- Important FEL decisions -- Summary --
4. Scope, schedule, and budget scope -- Overall organization and approach -- Instrumentation -- Electrical -- Controls -- Civil-mechanical-building -- Communications and integration -- Testing -- Training and documentation -- Cutover -- Budget -- Schedule -- Summary --
3. Bid specifications and vendor selection -- Control system -- The control system functional specification -- Hardware and software requirements specifications -- Control system bid instructions -- Decision criteria matrix -- Selecting a control system vendor -- Engineering, procurement, and construction services -- Requirements definition -- A complete EPC bid request package -- Bid evaluation and project award -- Summary --
5. Project staffing -- Defining project resource requirements -- Project organizational chart -- Roles and responsibilities matrix -- Project schedule resourcing -- Extending the project team -- Establishing team communication -- Building an effective team -- Summary --
9. Cutovers -- Correct methodology decision -- Thorough design details -- Comprehensive plan -- Prepared field team -- Control room leadership -- Strong operations coordination -- Complete loop packages -- Efficient checkout process -- Summary --
Reliable and effective control systems are a critical component of safe and profitable operations across process industries. And many of our industrial facilities today continue to operate using legacy control systems from the past four decades that are at or near the end of their lifecycles. Migration projects to modern control systems are complex, requiring detailed upfront planning, a methodical implementation strategy and astute project management..
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