OpenO&M/MIMOSA and PCA Forum – Americas 2012 Houston, Texas – March 1, 2012 Interoperability Journey
Robin Benjamins
Corporate Engineering
Board Member Participant Member Interoperability
• Bechtel has been doing interoperability for over 110 years • How can that be? Interoperability: What is it?
• Wikipedia: – “Interoperability is a property referring to the ability of diverse systems and organizations to work together (inter-operate). The term is often used in a technical systems engineering sense, or alternatively in a broad sense, taking into account social, political, and organizational factors that impact system to system performance.” Interoperability: What is it?
• Robin’s definition:
“To communicate” What are the aspects of Interoperability? • Who: Everyone • What: Information • How: Some kind of medium • When: As often as necessary • Why: To live long and prosper So what is the challenge with Interoperability? • Fact: Interoperability happens • Challenge: The cost of doing it – Too much ambiguity – Too many mistakes in interpreting – Subject matter is incomprehensible – There is a lot of confusion – Stakeholders have different motives – Conflicts of interest Information Management
Value Model Design
Design Information Catalog Asset
Requirements/Specs Value for the EPC EPC Value for the OO
Owner Catalog Supplier Asset Operator Information Information Value for the OO, Opportunity for the EPC Bechtel is an “Information Factory”
• Information is the lifeblood of our operation • A significant influence on the success of our projects is dependent on how we handle, manage, and understand information and information Competency • A change in how we “do” information is where a significant opportunity lies that will improve our performance and delivered quality Introducing the Computer • Processing: – People are very smart but are also slow – Computers are very fast but are also dumb • Applications are controlled environments where the “smarts” are embedded and operated by the speed of computers – Productivity and quality improvement is gained • In our business, the greater portion of our information lies outside an application – This is where the opportunity lies Information Processing
Smart People Application
Information
Computer Dump
Slow Fast Computerization
Potential
The Opportunity
Actual Automation
Time Use of computers has resulted in performance and quality improvement but gains are not keeping pace with investment and expectations Information Competency • Do we know what Information Competency is? – Information principles – Best practices – An understanding of how it directly correlates to operating costs • Information Competency is not a technology thing • Information Competency is a new discipline that must be incorporated into the business Information Competency Example: • A valve identifier – Must uniquely identify a valve – When computer processing a traditional identifier, ambiguity can contribute to information loss
Bad Practice
01-AB-V001A - Can be interpreted by people Best Practice
E34X700GYEE10 - Cannot be interpreted by people Information Management Today V V IM tends to be an V implemented here V V V V V Procedures V
E P C
V Customer V Information Volume Information V IM is not V benefiting EPC V execution V V V Information Management V
Information Flow Where we need to be Full EPC IM greatly reduces V V level of effort for V information handover and V positions us for LCIM V opportunity V V V Procedures V
E P C
V Customer V Information Volume Information V IM has a direct V benefit to EPC V execution V V V Information Management V
Information Flow Information Discipline Organization Startup Finance Contracts Engineering Construction Procurement Project Controls Project
Information Management
IT Organization • An IM organization should be a horizontal organization under the functions with a prominent interface into the IT organization – IM is business driven not technology driven BIM – Building Information Modeling
BIM – Cost optimization for lifecycle facility performance
3D, 4D, Lifecycle 5D, nD Work Facility Performance Processes Sustainability and Tools
Work Process O&M Automation Automation Handover CAPEX OPEX
Information Exchange
Suppliers
Information Lifecycle Model Review Management Cost Clash Detection Optimization Drawing Extraction The Problem Space
Business Process 80% We tend to overemphasize this portion
20% Technology Plethora of Standards
Engineering Procurement Construction Contracts Project Controls Startup Bechtel ISO 15926 “““Lingua Franca ”””
EDI CIS/2 / IFC AEX XMpLant ISO 15926 Internet
Steel Equipment Heater JV Bank Fabricator Manufacture Manufacture EPC The ISO 15926 Journey
Unsatisfactory DataViewer interoperability
Fiatech, PCA
ProjectWorks
Collaboration DataBroker
ISO 15926 Part 7
iRINGTools Deploy 2012 2009 2005 1994 1999 Getting There
Joined Worked with iRINGTools: collaboration our software Created iRINGToday organizations suppliers software
Leverage Championed Camelot, Lead IIP lessons the WIP Avalon to Project learned concept JORD
Interoperability is not an option Deployed
Participated ISO 15926 Built a Part 7 in ISO Created hype TC184/SC4, prototype T25
Completed Grew inin-- Drove industry ISO 15926 house demonstrations Part 7 expertise Bechtel ’’’s DataBroker and the RDM
Application 1
DataBroker Interface
Application 2 Application 3
DataBroker DataBroker Interface Interface
DataBroker
DataBroker Exchange RDMRDM DataBroker Interface Scenarios Interface
Application 4 Application 5 • • information higher the cost to use The higher the ambiguity, the (labor) to remove require significant effort exchanging partners can Ambiguity between Ambiguity = Cost Information Ambiguity Compliance Compliance Greatest
Least ISO 15926
Ambiguity Scale Least Ambiguity Greatest Ambiguity Template Signatures RDL RDL for Terminology RDL RDL for Integration Interoperability Full TemplatesFull Dictionary RawData RDL RDL for Reference Data Federation
Certification Requests
ISO
Federated Access PCA
Global Sandbox Immutable
Community Sandbox Read-Write Private Sandbox The iRING ISO 15926 EPC RDS/WIP
Supplier EPC
Job Site Supplier
ISO 15926 Owner Operator Supplier ISO 15926 Realtime Interoperability Network Grid IIP Scope – Requirements
Line SIG Equipment SP 3D Valve iRINGTools Map Instrument SIG SP 3D Specialty Line SIG RDL Equipment RDL SP P&ID RDL iRINGTools Valve Map Instrument SIG SP P&ID SIG SPI Instrument iRINGTools Map
SPI Line Equipment SPF Valve iRINGTools Instrument Map SPF Specialty iRINGTools Overview
APIs & Mashups Adaption Transformation Widgets Mobile
Browser App App Data Simple direct data flow Data App iRINGTools iRINGTools App Complex indirect data flow API Adapter Adapter API DataLayer DataLayer iRINGTools iRINGTools
iRINGTools Core Services Multi-Protocol
Service •Endpoint management •Discovery •Mediation •Data flows RDL RDL •Orchestrations RDL •BI provisioning ISO ISO 15926 Specifications and Reference Data 3/19/2012 Information Management 27 API Framework
Data Stores Projection & APIs Engines
RDF NHibernate Part 8
Database Mapping Custom Part 7 DTO SQL
P7XML Data Data Projection File Spreadsheet Layers Objects Engines XML Application Custom Library JSON
[extensible] … HTML Data Projection p7xml dto rdf xml json html
map
Data Layer
Data Source Consumer
Public API
Exchange Directory
Endpoint Endpoint Endpoint Endpoint Endpoint JORD Deliverables
Content development • Instrument SIG • Geometry SIG • EqHub • Proteus • …. Phase 2 Out of JORD Scope • New technical Phase 1 infrastructure • Migrate content • Compliance Methods • Service organization & Procedures enhancements • Publishing Technology Fixes Phase F • Core Content Fixes • Detailed Upgrade • Business Model RFPs • Governance Model • Scoping & Planning By May 2014 Collaboration is the key • To develop the standard • To build the reference data • To develop and test prototypes • To create production software • Gain access to the experts • Share the costs • Leverage knowledge • Common problem for all – Glass is half full or glass is half empty? Thanks for listening.
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