COURSE OVERVIEW

This practical and highly-interactive course includes various practical sessions and exercises. Theory learnt will be applied using our state-of-the-art simulators. 

 This course is designed to provide participants with a detailed and up-to-date overview of Turnaround Best Practices - Planning, Scheduling and Management of Shutdowns. It covers the types of turnarounds, turnaround phases and the differences between project management and turnaround management; the turnaround planning framework and identifying and assessing risks; developing a risk mitigation plan and tools for monitoring risks during execution; the scope identification, scope validation, strategies for avoiding scope creep and managing competing priorities in scope planning; and the resource planning and allocation and work breakdown structure (WBS) development. 

 Further, the course will also discuss the key components of an effective schedule; the critical path method (CPM) and Gantt charts for turnaround visualization; the tools and methods for accurate cost estimation, benchmarking for realistic estimates and managing estimate uncertainties; the contracting and procurement strategies and key performance indicators (KPIs) for planning; the detailed scheduling techniques, budgeting and cost control and safety management during turnarounds; and establishing QA/QC standards, inspection and testing protocols and managing non-conformance issues. 

 During this interactive course, participants will learn the management of change during execution; evaluating the impact of changes on scope and schedule and avoiding decision paralysis during execution; the real-time monitoring and reporting, asset handover and commissioning procedures and documentation; conducting a post-mortem analysis, evaluating turnaround success against KPIs and developing a turnaround improvement plan; collecting, storing and analyzing turnaround data; generating comprehensive turnaround reports and utilizing data for future planning; and the financial reconciliation, long-term sustainability post-turnaround and advanced tools and technologies for turnarounds.