• Extracted from New Standard Institute's two-day seminar
• A shutdown, turnaround, or outage can be the biggest and most complicated demand on maintenance resources
• Using modern project management methods can enable a maintenance professional to identify, plan, staff and coordinate the effort of hundreds of workers and their support equipment while minimizing downtime and costs
• This program includes interactive critical path method training
• This interactive CBT includes narrated text

Identifying Needed

• Work Setting Up Shutdown Files
• Backlog, PM, and PDM Record Review
• Probing Equipment History
• Identifying Pre-Shutdown Work
• Checklists and Action Item Lists
• Soliciting the Input
  • Shutdown Meeting Agenda
  • Structured Group Interviews
• Identifying Start-up Activity
• Compiling Identified Work

Defining the Scope of Work

• Defining the Constraints Establishing a Shutdown Budget
• People Management
• Prioritizing the Proposed Work
• New Work - What's Allowed?
• Contract Work
  • Labor and Technical Support
  • Managing Off-site Work
• Efficient Shift and Crew Schedules

Planning the Shutdown

• Determining Lead Time Required for Successful Project Planning
• The Shutdown Organization
  • Choosing the Manager
  • Building the Team
• Planning and Estimating Jobs
• Work Packages
• Materials Management
  • Handling Lead Times and Staging
  • Working with the Storeroom
  • Logistics
• Including Operations
  • Effective Use of Operations Personnel
  • Start-up Activities
• Risk Management
  • Identifying the Risks
  • Qualifying the Risks
  • Risk Response
• Accounting for Shutdown Costs

Shutdown Scheduling

• Critical Path Scheduling
• Resource Load Leveling
• Dealing with Uncertainty in Job Estimates
• A Maintenance CPM Exercise
• Project Management Software
• Tracking Shutdown Materials
• Coordinating Support Equipment

Execution

• Shutdown Master Schedule
• Developing Daily Schedules
• Status Reports and Updates
• Job Status Update
• Shutdown Safety and OSHA Requirements

Reports

• Project Review Meetings
• Compliance to Schedule and Cost Review
• Completed Work & Quality Review Contractor Performance Review
• Final Report Formats The Shutdown File