Written by Chitram Lutchman, a project management professional with more than 20 years of field and business experience, Project Execution: A Practical Approach to Industrial and Commercial Project Management gives you a more optimistic view of this exciting and challenging area. The book focuses on the essential requirements for successful execution of commercial and industrial projects. It differs from other project management books by focusing exclusively on the Execution Stage of the project, leveraging this opportunity for value maximization for the organization.
Dr. Lutchman identifies people, process, and systems readiness as key components of an overall Milestone Readiness Process. When managed properly, this readiness approach to project management greatly increases the ability of project leaders to deliver on budget and on schedule. The author highlights practical measures and tools that can be used by Project Leaders to promote smooth and controlled execution of a project, rewarding all stakeholders through a collective value maximization effort. He also pinpoints safety as a priority, strong leadership behaviors and stakeholder relations and management as key requirements for success. Dr. Lutchman draws on his in-the-trenches know-how and frontline experiences to provide practical recommendations for project execution requirements that, while intuitive, are very likely to be forgotten given the many competing priorities of project leaders.
Whether you are a seasoned professional with years of experience or a novice just getting your feet wet, this book enhances your preparedness, skills, and capabilities in project execution or project support roles. This easy-to-follow road map is well equipped with practical tools, ideas, and concepts that enhances your ability to keep projects on budget and on schedule.
With annual cost in excess of $150 billion from workplace related illnesses and injuries, any knowledge that can reduce this burden contributes to the overall welfare of the work force and business performance. Yet, there are many key areas of opportunities that have not yet been discussed in the literature, such as approaches to improving contractor safety management and innovative approaches to shared learning in health and safety. Until now.
Built upon practical principles and knowledge derived from the authors’ field experience, Safety Management: A Comprehensive Approach to Developing a Sustainable System provides recommendations and practical solutions for improving health and safety in the workplace. The authors recognize and promote workplace health and safety as essential for sustained long-term profitability of all organizations, regardless of the industry. The book emphasizes the potential for sustained improvements in workplace health and safety from understanding:
– How business environment trends can guide approaches to managing health and safety in the workplace
– The importance of safety management systems (SMS)
– The benefits of integrating process safety management (PSM) into your business practices
– How leadership commitment and shared learning in health and safety can improve the workplace and that leveraging shared learning in safety helps you avoid repeat and similar incidents
– The importance of leveraging contractor safety management to generate real improvements in workplace safety
– Proactively identifying gaps in organizational SMS and addressing them by using audits as a collaborative process
The authors explore different leadership styles and detail their pros and cons in the workplace. Compiling this wealth of knowledge into a single book provides a holistic approach to upgrading the way health and safety is managed in the workplace. It shows you how to take your organization from ordinary to world-class safety performance.
The continued prevalence of major incidents (most recently the 2010 BP Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill) and preponderance of workplace fatalities and injuries as well as Process Safety Management (PSM) Incidents, globally, begs the question: why do incidents continue to occur in today’s technologically advanced era? More importantly, with 80-85 percent of incidents being repeated, the more obvious questions are:
– Why do organizations fail to learn from prior incidents internal to the business?
– Why do organizations fail to learn from their peers and other same industry players?
– Why do organizations fail to learn from the incidents and experiences of other industries?
Process Safety Management: Leveraging Networks and Communities of Practice for Continuous Improvement provides a road map organizations can use to identify and setup critical networks for preventing catastrophic incidents and for sharing knowledge in an organized manner within the organization to enhance business performance. The book helps organizations establish centers of excellence by activating networks for generating best practices and practical solutions to workplace business, and safety challenges.
The book covers the full range of activation of networks including identifying members, defining goals and objectives, and prioritizing work through leadership and stewardship of networks. It addresses all elements of effective safety management and includes simple, easy-to-follow processes that bring about lasting changes to workplace safety. It also highlights the health and safety needs of both Generation X and Generation Y who currently inherit the workplace but are very different in learning behaviors and experience levels.
In a thin margins business environment characterized by scarce resources, operational discipline and excellence drives stakeholder confidence and corporate performance. Detailing the practical application of tested principles and practices, this book provides a simple path forward for organizations to recognize the benefits of networks and to proactively establish and support them within organizations to generate continuous and sustained improvement in work practices, procedures, and business performance.
Developing and maintaining a disciplined management system provides any organization with a blueprint for exceptional performance and success. Indeed, for larger multinational corporations, a management system is a critical component for sustainable growth and performance management. In this book, the authors discuss a series of fundamentals for creating an operationally excellent management system (OEMS). The book also examines the business performance impact of an OEMS across leading gas and oil organizations, such as Exxon Mobil, BP, Suncor, and Chevron.
In 7 Fundamentals of an Operationally Excellent Management System, the authors discuss each fundamental in detail and provide the supporting training and workshop materials that are essential for integrating these fundamentals into the business processes of the organization. The seven fundamentals identified by the authors provide a sequential approach for developing and executing an OEMS across any organization. Integrating sound organizational and business practices with personnel and process safety management principles, the book is an invaluable resource for organizations seeking operational discipline and excellence.
Well-supported with graphics and practical examples, the book provides a simple pathway for an organization to evolve its management system into an OEMS designed to reduce workplace incidents and improve business performance on a sustainable basis. The management system principles discussed in the book are intended for the business leader who is motivated to transition his or her organization from ordinary, through best in class, to an organization of world-class stature and performance.
Written for users, this book provides a structured approach with processes for implementing OEMS based on the learnings and experiences from companies who have implemented OEMS. The book leverages the knowledge of experienced OEMS personnel to provide a compelling sense of direction for organizations in the implementation of OEMS. The book includes sample templates and tools where necessary to ensure successful implementation and sustainment. The content of this book provides a testing methodology for implementing an OEMS across any organization while avoiding the pitfalls others have encountered along the way. The book:
– Provides a simple and easy process to follow for implementing an OEMS
– Offers organizations an opportunity to avoid the implementation errors of early adopters and provides them with the ability of learning from the experiences of others
– Equipped with tools and processes to make implementation and sustainment very effective, thereby avoiding false starts
– Designed to improve HSE, business reliability, efficiency, effectiveness, and performance on an ongoing basis
– Presents a simple pathway for helping organizations across all industries including those that operate within the various segments of the Oil and Gas business, to become more operationally disciplined in the way we do business and operate our assets in a high-risk operating environment
Process Safety Management and Human Factors: A Practitioner’s Experiential Approach addresses human factors in process safety management (PSM) from a reflective learning approach. The book is written by engineers and technical specialists who spent the last 15-20 years of their professional career looking at behavioral-based safety, human factor research, and safety culture development in organizations. It is a fundamental resource for operational, technical and safety managers in high-risk industries who need to focus on personal and occupational safety management to prevent safety accidents. Real-life examples illustrate how a good, effective understanding of human factors supports PSM and positive impacts on accident occurrence. Key Features: – Covers the evolution and background of process safety management – Shows how to integrate and augment process safety management with operational excellence and health, safety and environment management systems – Focuses on human factors in process safety management – Includes many real-life case studies from the collective experience of the book’s authors
The "Oil and Gas Pipelines: Integrity, Safety, and Security Handbook" offers an in-depth guide to the safety, security, and integrity of both new and aging oil and gas pipelines. While pipelines are primarily used for transporting oil and gas, they can also carry other substances like ethanol, carbon dioxide, and hydrogen. As pipeline safety becomes increasingly important due to stricter regulations and environmental concerns, this comprehensive reference highlights crucial aspects of pipeline integrity management.
The second edition covers a wide range of pipeline types and their maintenance, repair, and management, addressing both public safety and environmental protection. It includes 26 new chapters, with a focus on pipeline digitalization and topics such as geohazard management, mechanical damage, and internal corrosion monitoring. The book also presents numerous case studies with practical solutions.
Dr. Lutchman contributed to Pipeline Integrity Management in the Oil and Gas Pipelines: Integrity, Safety, and Security Handbook, 2nd Edition. This chapter focuses on the practices and strategies used to manage the integrity of pipelines, ensuring their safe and secure operation throughout their lifecycle. It covers aspects such as risk management, inspection techniques, and maintenance strategies to mitigate issues like corrosion, mechanical damage, and other threats to pipeline integrity. Dr. Lutchman's expertise in pipeline safety and integrity played a key role in shaping this content.
Dr. Lutchman is recognized for his expertise in pipeline systems, particularly in relation to operational safety, integrity management, and the protection of pipelines from various hazards. His contribution reflects a focus on practical and technical strategies. The book aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of the challenges in pipeline management and offer best practices, and Dr. Lutchman's input aligns with these objectives.
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