Turnaround Project Management Primer - Table of Contents
Justification for Managing Turnarounds
Turnaround Management
Communication, Feedback, Morale
Cooperation vs. Competition, Incentives
Goals and Objectives, Best Compromise of Time, Cost, Quality and Safety
Turnaround Scope: Development of the Turnaround Work List
Estimating, Budget & Preliminary Manpower Planning
Planning & Scheduling
Critical Path Method
Daily Scheduling
Critical Mass
Progress Reporting
Productivity
Interpreting a Gantt Chart
Critical and Near Critical Activities
Evaluating & Setting Priorities
Manpower Scheduling
Balancing Manpower (Leveling)
Overtime, Premium Time, Time/Cost Tradeoffs
Optimum Manpower Utilization
Measuring Performance
Permanent Records
Interpreting the Turnaround Progress Reports
Normal Rate of Progress
Effect of Schedule Acceleration or Extension
Productivity (Earned Value) Analysis
Using Productivity (Earned Value) Analysis
Impact of Extra (Added) Work to the Turnaround Scope
Conducting Daily Turnaround Progress Meetings
Overall Communication Flow
Information Needs at Various Levels in the Turnaround Organization
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The Turnaround Project Management Primer is an abridged version of the Management Handbook that is bundled with the ATC Professional project management software for shutdowns / turnarounds.
For further reading, we also recommend Joel Levitt's Managing Maintenance Shutdowns and Outages.
