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Xait Porter Xperience 2015 An engineering consultants’ perspective of using XaitPorter Carla Regan
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Genesis Today – 26 years in the making Genesis around the World Headquartered in London Celebrated 25 years in 2013 Part of the Technip Group What we do Our Clients CreateRealiseEnhance Specialist Technical Services Specialist Capabilities Proprietary Tools & Processes Xait Porter Xperience | September 20152
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Norway Location and Capability Genesis Norway Summary History in Norway stretching back 15 years; Two office locations, Stavanger (2011), Oslo (2012); Twelve employees across two locations. Genesis Norway Service Offering Field development planning; Early phase engineering and decommissioning studies; Secondments; Specialist studies –partner / 3 rd party reviews, licensing support, drill and drop studies; Subsea operations support and asset integrity; Subsea FEED and EPC (through Genesis UK) Xait Porter Xperience | September 20153
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Genesis Experience in Norway 4 CreateRealiseEnhance NORWAY PL591 – Zumba Field Development Study – Tullow Oil High level “Identify” study of potential development concepts for the Zumba prospect. Skarfjell Screening Study - Wintershall Evaluation of stand-alone and tie-back development options to Gjøa or Troll B. Ekofisk 2/4J Compression System Debottlenecking Study – ConocoPhillips Review current operation, identify and propose modifications to overcome the bottlenecks in the existing process and identify the ultimate feasible capacity for the existing facility. Hod Redevelopment FEED – BP Norge Pipelines, cable, flow assurance and cost estimates. Goliat Detailed Engineering – Eni Norge Pipeline detailed design for subsea tie-back to a FPSO. PL659 – Langlitinden Pre Drill or Drop Concept Screening Study – Tullow Oil Prepare a field development plan for a prospect and to provide a generic basis for other similar prospects in the Barents Sea. Butch Tieback to Ula Study – BP Norge Evaluation of subsea tie-back to Oselvar or new module on Ula platform. Bøyla Detailed Design – Marathon Oil Norge Structures and pipelines detailed design, flow assurance. APA Licensing Round Assistance – 2012-2015 - Petrolia Option ID and screening to identify development options to support multiple APA and licensing round applications.. Gullfaks Rimfaksdalen (GRD) Detailed Design – Statoil Pipeline design, umbilical routing and protection. EGOP/UGHP Detailed Design – Statoil PLEM, Pig launcher and tie-in spool design. Jotun B Flowlines and Risers Decommissioning Study – ExxonMobil Decommissioning Study for the subsea architecture on the Jotun Field. Xait Porter Xperience | September 2015
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How we used to do proposals “we fraternise our staff” Xait Porter Xperience | September 20155
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1 st May 2015 2014 17 th Feb 2015 Internal UK survey Refresher Global survey Steps to decision 6 Internal Evaluation of Tools Three month Pilot - UK Global Roll-out Current StatusFuture Plans Xait Porter Xperience | September 2015 Sept 2015
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Internal Evaluation of tools 7Xait Porter Xperience | September 2015
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3 month Pilot - UK 18 Proposals 6 wins 3 losses 7 waiting 2 cancelled 8Xait Porter Xperience | September 2015
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Internal Survey - UK 9 Q1.Did you find XaitPorter a more efficient way of compiling a proposal? Q2.Overall, how many proposals did you generate in XaitPorter? Q3.How many of these were completed on time? Q4.Did you find the reviewer function a more efficient way of working? Q5.Did you find the approver function a more efficient way of working? Q6.How much time/manhours did you think XaitPorter saved you? Xait Porter Xperience | September 2015
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Traffic light system to show section status, i.e. Approved, In progress, Reviewed, etc. CVs and CTRs in a better format References Spell-checker in real time Ability to change font colour. Ability to change template (or at least some of it, e.g. width of page Visibility of all proposals for BUDs and BD as well as % completion parameters. 10 Q7.How many are typically involved when working on tenders? Q8.How frequently do you collaborate with others on a document? Q9.Are you satisfied with the communication/ training you received from Superusers? Q10.Are you satisfied with the collaboration tools provided to you by XaitPorter? Q11.What other features do you feel would be useful in XaitPorter? More powerful search function for CVs and project references Smart search function Better document editing tools Revision control of documents needs to be addressed before rolling this out for wider use The ability to put “key statements” at the top of bullet lists, but this is minor. Internal Survey - UK Xait Porter Xperience | September 2015
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Needed browser modification to access Inserting tables with pictures Copying & pasting data from Excel or Word into tables Couldn’t paste from work, overcome this by using Google Chrome. 11 Q12.Have you found a problem in XaitPorter that you managed to overcome? Q13.Have you found a problem in XaitPorter that you did not manage to overcome? Q15.Overall, are you in favour of a document collaboration tool like XaitPorter? When exporting the finished proposal to Word, the formatting and figures goes wrong Some Powerpoint figures slightly changed when inserted into XaitPorter Figure modelling Tables need to be easier to deal with Reports, Study Basis CVs, Project references, Final reports, Philosophies, Specifications, Procedures Basis of Design Multi-discipline project documents Q14.Do you see it being useful for any other basis for your work? Internal Survey - UK Xait Porter Xperience | September 2015
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Worldwide Training Xait Porter Xperience | September 201512
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Current Applications 13 99 proposals to date 7 inter office/entity collaboration Department Monthly Reports Subsea department so far ProposalsProject Documentation Project specification so far Xait Porter Xperience | September 2015
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Refresher Survey 14 QuestionsAnswers First survey (23 respondents) Refresher survey (21 respondents) Did you find XaitPorter a more efficient way of compiling a proposal compared to the usual way we create proposals?yes87.5%85.71% Overall, how many proposals did you generate in XaitPorter?≥ 242.3%76.19% Did you find the reviewer function a more efficient way of working?yes52.17%33.33% Did you find the approver function a more efficient way of working?yes39.1%19.05% Roughly, how much time/manhours did you think XaitPorter saved you?≥ 30%39%23.8% How many are typically involved when working on tenders?≥ 283.3%93.1% Are you satisfied with the communication/training you received from Superusers?≥ Satisfied82.6%76.2% Are you satisfied with the collaboration tools provided to you by XaitPorter?≥ Satisfied82.6% Have you found a problem in XaitPorter that you managed to overcome?yes27.77%17.4% Have you found a problem in XaitPorter that you did not manage to overcome?yes22.7%34.78% Do you see it being useful for any other basis for your work?yes75%86.9% Overall, are you in favour of a document collaboration tool like XaitPorter?yes91.67%100% How many multi office collaboration proposals do you tend to work on with others?≥ 3N/A42.86% Have you used it for any other basis for your work, such as final reports/study basis/monthly reports? If so, please elaborateyesN/A30.4% Would you recommend that XaitPorter should be used for all tenders within your Office/Segment/Business Unit?yesN/A85.71% *Many found it hard to quantify the time/manhours saved and hence did not give a number *Few comments highlight the need of further training and use of the tool Xait Porter Xperience | September 2015
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Xait Porter Improvements from Survey Real time spell checker Highlight function for internal reviews Table formatting for export issues (doesn’t tell you what the issue is when export fails) Export to word (e.g. resizing of photos) Proposal manager Overview feature needs to be accessible to more than just the proposal manager Overall approval button rather than on each section Xait Porter Xperience | September 201515
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Ideas for the future Global Proposals CVs Bid Evaluation Project References Project Documentation - basis of design, final reports – some changes required. Monthly Management reports Client weekly reports Xait Porter Xperience | September 201516
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Intelligent CVs Current CV = 8+ pages Xait Porter Xperience | September 201517 Proposed CV = 3 pages
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Bid Evaluation Process Xait Porter Xperience | September 201518 ApplicationIntegrated Review Collaborate Genesis & Client in Xait Client & Genesis Analysis Client DCC/ Procurement Identification Contractor Identification/ Clarification
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Intelligent Project References Xait Porter Xperience | September 201519
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Summary 99 number of proposals to date 15 to 70% time saving Improved quality of deliverable – good feedback from some major wins 100% agreement on usefulness Ideas for improvements New applications Xait Porter Xperience | September 201520
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