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Mode
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T
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25 days
Mon 16/10/17Fri 17/11/17
Work Package 1
Setting of Tool Box Targets
Mon 23/10/17Fri 27/10/17
5 days
3 1 2 Task Task Name Duration Start Finish 02 Oct '17 W T 23 Oct '17 S 13 Nov '17 M T 04 Dec '17 T F 25 Dec '17 S 15 Jan '18 T W 05 Feb '18 F 26 Feb '18 S M
Fri 03/11/17
Mon
5 days
Confirmation of Concept
Requirements 30/10/17
4 Confirmation case studies 5 days Mon 06/11/17Fri 10/11/17
5 Design Solution Specificatoin 5 days Mon 13/11/17Fri 17/11/17
6 Work Package 2 50 days Mon 20/11/17Fri 26/01/18
7 Screening Process and Concept 13 days Mon Wed
Weighting 20/11/17 06/12/17
8 Concept Generation 9 days Thu 07/12/17 Tue 19/12/17
9 Technology and Existing Methods 6 days Mon 18/12/17Mon 25/12/17
Technology Transfer Research
10 igem news – yppc 5 days Tue 02/01/18 Mon 08/01/18
11 Provider Research 5 days Tue 09/01/18 Mon 15/01/18
12 Long List Concepts 7 days Tue 16/01/18 Wed 24/01/18
13 Short Listing of Concepts 3 days Wed 24/01/18Fri 26/01/18
PROJECT PLAN GANTT CHART 3 days Mon Wed
14
Screening Process and Concept
Weighting 29/01/18 31/01/18
15 Work Package 3 22 days Thu 01/02/18 Fri 09/03/18
ID16 Task Validation Duration Start Finish 02 Oct '17 23 Oct '17 13 Nov '17 04 Dec '17 25 Dec '17 15 Jan '18 05 Feb '18 26 Feb '18
Thu 01/02/18 Wed 14/02/18
10 days
Task Name Exercise
17 Mode Agree Technologies 7 days Thu 15/02/18 Fri 23/02/18 T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M
1 18 Work Package 1 25 days Mon 16/10/17Fri 17/11/17
5 days
Validate Final Report
Mon 26/02/18Fri 02/03/18
2 Setting of Tool Box Targets 5 days Mon 23/10/17Fri 27/10/17
3 Confirmation of Concept 5 days Mon Fri 03/11/17
Requirements 30/10/17
4 Confirmation case studies 5 days Mon 06/11/17Fri 10/11/17
5 Design Solution Specificatoin 5 days Mon 13/11/17Fri 17/11/17
6 Work Package 2 50 days Mon 20/11/17Fri 26/01/18
7 Screening Process and Concept 13 days Mon Wed
Weighting 20/11/17 06/12/17
8 Concept Generation 9 days Thu 07/12/17 Tue 19/12/17
9 Technology and Existing Methods 6 days Mon 18/12/17Mon 25/12/17
10 Technology Transfer Research 5 days Tue 02/01/18 Mon 08/01/18
11 Provider Research 5 days Tue 09/01/18 Mon 15/01/18
12 Long List Concepts 7 days Tue 16/01/18 Wed 24/01/18
13 Short Listing of Concepts 3 days Wed 24/01/18Fri 26/01/18
14 Screening Process and Concept 3 days Mon Wed
Weighting 29/01/18 31/01/18
15 Work Package 3 22 days Thu 01/02/18 Fri 09/03/18
16 Validation Exercise 10 days Thu 01/02/18 Wed 14/02/18
17 Agree Technologies 7 days Thu 15/02/18 Fri 23/02/18
18 Validate Final Report 5 days Mon 26/02/18Fri 02/03/18
Task Project Summary Inactive Milestone Manual Summary Rollup Deadline
Project: Valve Care Programme G Split External Tasks Inactive Summary Manual Summary Progress
Date: Sat 03/03/18 Milestone External Milestone Manual Task Start-only
Summary Inactive Task Duration-only Finish-only
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These comments, combined with the monitoring factors, such as milestones design work, leading to desktop testing
evidence provided by the OGI report, and outcomes at each stage. and basic prototype work. A review of
suggest that ground saturated by ground It was desirable to carry out research costs and time constraints was carried
water is clear evidence of contributing that would allow National Grid to grow out for deploying the conceptual
factors to support the problem statement the toolbox, including the exploration technologies in the field. This work
and requires further research. of a variety of existing technologies package was allocated 21 days, with the
Task Project Summary Inactive Milestone Manual Summary Rollup Deadline
and engineering solutions that would
majority of the time allocated to testing
Project: Valve Care Programme G Split External Tasks Inactive Summary Manual Summary Progress
and prototype design.
address a number of aspects of valve
Date: Sat 03/03/18
Failure mechanism Milestone External Milestone Manual Task Start-only
During Work Package 2, a number of Inactive Task Duration-only Finish-only
WP4 Shortlisting of concepts took the
maintenance. The main task was to
Summary
questionnaires were produced with focus on buried valves suffering from chosen concepts from the feasibility
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a view to abstracting information corrosion related defects. study through a screening process, with
from various technicians that had In total 5 Work Packages were agreed: an in-depth review of the technology
mechanically removed the stem As part of Work Package 1 (WP1) Setting available. Recommendations
extensions on defected valves and toolbox targets, it was essential that were made for the application and
captured their findings. Both Brown the targets, aims and objectives were practicality of each option. This
and Wilde report that upon removal discussed, agreed and in place. These milestone was set for 8 February 2018.
of the extension “a large amount of included understanding and confirming WP5 Validation exercise, the final
fouling, built up on the inner side of the concept requirements and design stage of the project, consisting of a
the extension was left surrounding solution specifications. A five-week full validation exercise of the chosen
the mechanical stops on the top of window was set for this package, which concepts, and the agreed technologies
the valve” (Brown, 2017) and also that allowed time to carry out research best suited for the problem statement.
“during excavations works, ground around the business, with necessary A final report will be created, with
de-watering systems were essential input from previous and live case recommendations on rolling out the
parts of equipment due to high water studies of these issues. This milestone desired options.
tables.” (Wilde, 2017) was set for 17 November 2017.
Due to the nature of the issues, WP2 Concept generation consisted Personal involvement
increasing awareness within the gas of a number screening processes, Throughout the project, a selected
transmission industry and restricted subject to concept weighting. number of resources have been
in-depth intrusive knowledge of the The weighting, banded from 5-1, identified during each work package.
corrosive effects of ground water and illustrated different attraction levels These range from operational
accompanying suspended particles, this towards the business, along with technicians, through to senior technical
preliminary literature review provided the criticality of the aspect. The engineers with subject matter expert
sufficient evidence and knowledge for a criteria were carried out against backgrounds in dealing with these
case to invest in the project. the conceptual ideas of assessing, particular projects.
cleaning and protecting. All options This project will create a huge
Project plan from the longlisting process were opportunity in my personal
In order to kick start the project plan, reduced to 26 options, and shortlisted development through both project
the decision was made to split the against the criteria. This milestone management and also increased
project into a number of packages. This was set for completion on the 15 technical knowledge. My main area of
approach allowed clearly defined steps December 2017. focus will be increasing my technical
and stages throughout the project, while WP3 Feasibility assessments allowed awareness of the issues, and the
permitting for time constraints and for calculations based on engineering application of existing technologies.
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