Automation Project Management (MT01) was developed by leading automation project managers from around the world and provides real-world, practical knowledge that can be used on the job right away. The course is split into two parts. The first part discusses basic project management skills common to all project types. The second part focuses solely on automation projects. It covers concepts such as automation project estimating and justification, automation project scoping and other key steps and concepts for executing automation projects. Additionally, MT01 provides design approaches for all major hardware design tasks and provides a methodology for software development.
Who Should Take MT01?
- Project managers lacking automation project experience
- Automation project professionals lacking project management skills
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Classroom (MT01)Length: 3 day |
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A hand-held, scientific calculator should be brought to class.
Learning Objectives
- Define a project.
- Describe the project lifecycle.
- Describe project phases and the goals of each.
- Evaluate a project’s success.
- Discuss the 10 major areas of project management in detail.
- Discuss various tools that are used to track and execute those areas.
- Discuss methods of project execution.
- Execute a simulated project to demonstrate your understanding.
- Explain why automation projects are different.
- Describe basic automation components.
- Discuss automation project types.
- Explain how to justify automation projects.
- Identify the primary goals of the automation project.
- Describe the impact of the cutover schedule on design.
- Define the areas of responsibility.
- Define interfaces and reporting relationships.
- Define IO.
- Define control strategy and level of automation.
- Perform risk evaluation and mitigation.
- Describe automation project estimating techniques.
- Determine automation project feasibility.
- Identify next steps after project approval.
- Discuss basic concepts for automation project execution.
- Identify roles and responsibilities of key team members.
- Explain the concept of Battle of the Box.
- Discuss Gantt charts.
- Discuss Taglist / Database.
- Describe hardware design approaches for:
- Instrument sizing and selection.
- Fire and gas studies.
- Control electrical design.
- Control system hardware design.
- Control network design.
- IT control infrastructure design.
- Heavy electrical design.
- Safety instrumented systems design.
- Describe software design approaches for:
- Overarching control software design.
- Basic control module design.
- Equipment module design.
- Control sequence design.
- Batch design.
- Cybersecurity.
- Data storage / historian.
- Discuss tips and tricks about:
- Simulation techniques.
- FAT (Field Acceptance Test) suggestions.
- Commissioning / Start-up suggestions.
- Operator training / Maintenance training.
- Lessons learned.