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Automation Project Management

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A site dedicated to sharing automation project practices and processes from academia and seminars.

Bill Maples, PE, PMP

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Bill Maples, PE, PMP


Automation Project Management


This site promotes Best Practices for Automation Project Management.  


It includes public presentation and publications from my 40+  years of experience in the Automation industry. 


The content is intended for anyone who is interested in industrial automation projects and striving for managing successful projects.



Bill Maples

11 June 2021 



 This site contains copyrighted material.  Please contact me through the website or LinkedIn for any questions, use or application of this content. 


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VIDEO: The World of Automation

The is a video provided during a March 17, 2017 Project Management Institution presentation.  It summarizes areas of automation in electrical, chemical, petroleum and petrochemical industries.


PRESENTATION: Best Practices -Large Scale Automation Projects

What are the top 4 success Factors for dealing with large scope and difficult global projects. This was a March 16, 2017 Project Management Institute  presentation.

BEST PRACTICES : Other Project Best Practices

A Collection of best practices to consider for any large scale project

FIELD STUDY: Project Up-Front Planning Case Study

Presentation at the Overland Park, Kansas, Project Management Institute Symposium on Project Management, September 2004 and KU the same year. This was a case study of 2 actual control system projects and investigates the impact of using front end engineering to achieve better project results.  It incorporates risk management practices.

This the report download of 2 automation project that investigates using front end engineering to achieve better results.  In incorporates risk management practices applied and how front end planning mitigates project risks.

PHOTOS GALLERY

A collection of photographs in the process control automation industry

HISTORY: The History of Automation

This section covers a brief history over the years I have been in the automation area from the mid-1970s through today.

I: VIDEO INTRODUCTION: The World of Automation Projects

Introduction

Automation is critical to the successful operation of industrial projects and covers a variety of applications.  In 1976, automation projects began to move from computer based controls with the first Distributed Control System at Imperial Oil in Sarnia Canada.   With few exceptions,  all industrial applications use computer monitoring and controls.  This video highlights a few applications and state of the art control rooms where automation is important to the process and energy industries.

PHOTO GALLERY


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