complexity

PFC Technical Director Howard Duhon asked readers about the drivers of project complexity. Here are the results.

To help the industry understand offshore-facility weight predictability, IPA recently conducted a comprehensive study that sheds new light on facility weight performance and identifies the root causes of weight growth, providing guidelines for improving predictability.

A few months ago while at lunch with a project team, I heard an engineer lament about how much more difficult it is to execute a project now than in years past.

Complexity isn't just about the projects we build, but everything in our work. Everyone is "too busy to help." Can we optimize and free up "engineering hours" to use for more valuable and fun activities?

Earlier studies showed that the results of oil and gas megaprojects were quite similar to the results from other industries. More investigation shows a poorer track record, largely due to the poor functional integration that characterizes upstream project organizations.