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Building Strong Foundations. Dan Sawyer Outage Manager – Ontario Power Generation. 881 Mw (Net) 2650 Mw(th) 15% of Ontario ’ s Supply 2700 Full-time Staff Common Structure 3 Year Outage Cycles 55-60 Day Duration $80 M Budget 1% FLR >10 M Man-hrs since last LTA. D4 1993.
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Building Strong Foundations Dan Sawyer Outage Manager – Ontario Power Generation
881 Mw (Net) 2650 Mw(th) • 15% of Ontario’s Supply • 2700 Full-time Staff • Common Structure • 3 Year Outage Cycles • 55-60 Day Duration • $80 M Budget • 1% FLR • >10 M Man-hrs since last LTA D4 1993 D4 1993 D4 1993 D2 1990 D2 1990 D3 1993 D3 1993 D3 1993 D1 1992 D1 1992 D1 1992
AGENDA • The Bigger Picture • Creating the Roadmap • Ownership; Accountability; Distribution; Recovery • The Foundational Three • Key points to Take Home • Questions
The Bigger Picture - Strategic Planning
Recent Campaign Results
Project Building Blocks Procedures Permitry Schedule Resources Materials Contingency
Creating the Roadmap - Milestones • a scheduled event signifying the completion of a major deliverable or a set of related deliverables • used as a project checkpoint to validate how the project is progressing and revalidate work. • used as high-level snapshots for management to validate the progress of the project Traditional meaning: You’re on the right path
Milestone Owner Ensures; • Activities are completed in accordance with milestone definitions • Sub-owners understand their deliverables • Recovery plans (if necessary) are approved and executed • Approval obtained for milestone close-out • Milestone completion is formally documented
Missing a Milestone • Traumatic • Accountability
Milestone Recovery Plans • The Best Laid Plans…. • Performance >5% above projected work down (burn) curve (yellow status) for >2 weeks • At Outage Manager or Milestone Owner’s discretion • Failure to achieve milestone completion date • Formal • Approved at a high level • Identifies ; • Cause • Course of action to recover • Effect on downstream milestones • Due dates
Covering All the Bases (46) Procedures Permitry 3 4 Schedule Resources 6 7 1 Materials Contingency 1 5 Controlling 8 4 5 2 1 1
Wouldn’t It Be Nice ….. What they’d like Typical RemainingWork What you’d like
Scope / Cost / Duration Summary $4.9M COST ($69M) DURATION (60 Days) SCOPE (1750 WO’s)
Key Points to Take Home • Develop a strategy If you do not know where you are going, then any road will do -Lewis Caroll …aka; the path of least resistance leads to the land of nothing done. - Bill Purdin • Milestones point the way • Strike a balance • Cover all the bases • Establish ownership • Demand accountability • Measure and control • Learn your lessons
Questions ? dan.sawyer@opg.com