Session T6 - Artificial Intelligence Meets Project Controls
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Charlie Sundling is the CEO of Pipeline Software and has over 25 years experience in computer science and project management. He will give a presentation on an artificial intelligence system developed jointly with US civil nuclear operators to improve management of complex reactor refueling projects. The presentation will discuss how the AI system was able to monitor thousands of tasks and communicate with hundreds of workers in parallel to analyze schedules every 30 seconds and distribute updates, taking over work that would otherwise require 200 additional human project managers. The case study showed results including a 90% reduction in status chasing, improved visibility and resource utilization, and avoiding project delays worth millions of dollars.
Session T6 - Artificial Intelligence Meets Project Controls
- 1. October 20, 2015© Pipeline Software 2012 / Page 1 About the Speaker Project Controls Expo – 13th Oct 2015 Emirates Stadium, London Artificial Intelligence Meets Project Controls
- 2. © Pipeline Software, Inc. 2015 About the Speaker Charlie Sundling Charlie is currently the CEO, Pipeline Group, Inc., a software technology company based in California. He has more than 25 years of computer science and industrial engineering background. Charlie has a particular focus on human work performance as it relates to complex project execution. In this field he has design many advanced systems, publications and holds related patents.
- 3. October 20, 2015 About the Topic Artificial Intelligence and Project Controls This presentation explores the development of an advanced computer system used by the US civil nuclear industry to gain better control over the execution of their reactor refueling projects. © Pipeline Software, Inc. 2015
- 4. October 20, 2015 Case Study © Pipeline Software, Inc. 2015
- 5. October 20, 2015 SAN ONOFRE, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA DIABLO CANYON, CENTRAL CALIFORNIA The Syntempo Initiative Joint research between US civil nuclear operators and Pipeline Software, Inc. © Pipeline Software, Inc. 2015
- 6. Anatomy of a Nuclear Refueling Project ○ Refuel every 18 mos ○ 2,500 people ○ 35,000 activities ○ Scheduled to hour/minute ○ 25-30 day schedule ○ $40M-$50M budget ○ ~$3M per day late October 20, 2015© Pipeline Software, Inc. 2015
- 7. Delima October 20, 2015 We invested millions of dollars in best-in-class project management systems and processes but our refuel project performance has not improved. Why? © Pipeline Software, Inc. 2015
- 8. October 20, 2015 Missing Link Work Scheduling systems & controls Work Planning systems & controls Work Execution systems & controlsFAIL PASS PASS © Pipeline Software, Inc. 2015
- 9. Project Execution Communication Cycle October 20, 2015 Team 1 Team 2 Project Controls Schedule Update Analyze Publish Distribute © Pipeline Software, Inc. 2015
- 10. Unmanageable October 20, 2015 Mechanical Operations InstrumentationElectrical 40-60 project controls staff Chemistry Radiation ~ 1,200 workers on shift © Pipeline Software, Inc. 2015
- 11. October 20, 2015© Pipeline Software 2012 / Page 11 Cause and Effect Impossible to Track Jobs Timely Impaired Visibility Unable to Dynamically Adjust Resource Utilization Reduced Jobs Slip and Bow Wave Grows £££ Blown Schedule $$$
- 12. What Was Needed? ○ Monitor 1,000’s of activities in parallel ○ Follow up with hundreds of workers in parallel ○ Analyze the schedule every 30 seconds ○ Publish and distribute updated schedule every 30 seconds to everyone involved in the project October 20, 2015 Hire 200 additional project control staff, OR, hire one that could… Impossible. But could a computer do this? © Pipeline Software, Inc. 2015
- 13. Artificial Intelligence: “The branch of science that pertains to making computers perform the tasks normally requiring human intelligence” October 20, 2015© Pipeline Software, Inc. 2015
- 14. NEW TEAM MEMBER Hello Dave. © Pipeline Software, Inc. 2015 Would you like me to help you manage your project? >_
- 15. STEP 1: Prepare Facility Monitors, kiosks and tablets throughout the facility; offices, meeting rooms, shops, desktops, plant floor, etc. © Pipeline Software, Inc. 2015
- 16. STEP 2: Discover Team Structure Mechanical Instrumentation Electrical Operations Chemistry Radiation Project Controls © Pipeline Software, Inc. 2015 “Hello team. Please tell me how you are organized.”
- 17. STEP 3: Discover Individuals “Hello Bob. Please give me your badge number, email, phone, and pager ids. Oh, and where do you usually sit?” © Pipeline Software, Inc. 2015
- 18. STEP 4: Load Schedule & Press “Play” PLAY © Pipeline Software, Inc. 2015 • Primavera P6 • MS Project • SAP PS • Maximo
- 19. Let the Fun Begin Shop 2 Begin Broadcast © Pipeline Software, Inc. 2015
- 20. Communicate “Hello. Have you completed that task yet?” © Pipeline Software, Inc. 2015 “I thought you might like to know about this problem.”
- 21. Collect Feedback From The Field © Pipeline Software, Inc. 2015
- 22. Perform Schedule Analysis Shop 2© Pipeline Software, Inc. 2015 “Hmm. How can we do better?”
- 23. Do it Again Shop 2 Potential problems © Pipeline Software, Inc. 2015
- 24. Results October 20, 2015 ○ Massive reduction in “status chasing” ○ 90% reduction in keyboard time ○ Improved visibility ○ Increased human resource utilization rates ○ Bow wave reduction ○ Schedule publishing cut by 70% ○ Nearly 3 days of slip avoided in a single refuel © Pipeline Software, Inc. 2015
- 25. October 20, 2015 Q&A © Pipeline Software, Inc. 2015
- 26. October 20, 2015 Thank you! cs@gopipeline.com © Pipeline Software, Inc. 2015