Turnaround Project Planning Primer


Overall Communication Flow


Information must flow "up" and "down" the organization.

There are a number of interactions between departments that result from the information flow. Sometimes the information is re-processed as a result of some impact on schedule, manpower and/or cost, which may result in a re-issue of schedules, etc. to reflect any changes.

Communication Flow Diagram for a Turnaround Organization

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The Turnaround Project Management Primer is an abridged version of the STO Management Handbook.

For further reading, we also recommend Joel Levitt’s Managing Maintenance Shutdowns and Outages.