Things that make my Job DIFFICULT Remarks

1 Requirement of new reports in Short notice with inputs non/late

availability from other Support departments.
2 Working on Typical Projects one after the other.
3 No Employee Development training programs other than
"Mandatory training"
4 Continuously sitting/working on the same location. NO
encouragement for regular interval yard visits for respective
Projects.
5 Traffic in the evenings forces to leave work place by 5:30 pm
so as to reach home at least by 7:00 - 7:30 pm.
6 I feel it is Less time given to Planner as per the contract to It may OK if Level-3 schedule is in place during Bid
Submit Front End Schedule, Level 1, 2 & 3 Schedules in a Stage.
three Months after Contract Award
7 Two Schedules for the same work (Internal & External)
becoming very difficult to manage as time goes.
8 Improper Schedule Review results in Schedule Rework and
quoting delays in Plan.
9 Engineering Forecast & Estimates need to be further improved
to help the Project Planning.
10 Engineering - Standard Require on Scheduling/Progress
Measurement/Reporting & Forecasting of 3D Model related
Activities
11 Standard require to Plan, Monitor, Report & Forecast the
Vendor Data Review/ Interdisciplinary Data Review (Non-
deliverables) by Engineers which is bulk of the MHRs within
Engineering.
12 Procurement - Raw Material / Equipment Manufacturing
Tracking & Delivery Forecasting require standardise approach
to avoid Rework on the Schedule.
13 System need to be in place to Plan & Track the QA/QC related
documentation specially on WPS/ PQR & its Raw material
requirements which ultimately results in Rework on Schedule
sometimes.
14 Standardise approach require to Plan, Report & Forecast
Hydrotest Activities & Mechanical Completion Activities (It is
one of the area of concern in all the projects I think)
15 Rotation for a Week at certain interval to each department may
increase individual’s performance in planning
16 Revision Order discipline ID Difficult to trace the discipline ID based on Rev Order
(Prod Engineers can mention the discipline ID when they
make)
17 New sub functions - estimate revision Introducing new sub functions - not exist in standard sub
function
18 Non-avalability of fabrication sequence & drawings
19 Limited time upon receipt of Est. Mhrs to Bid Submission
20 Delay on cycles of Schedule review / comments
21 Last minute changes / comments on Schedule
22 Unexpected work load i.e. Revision of already submitted bid schedule
23 Single standalone system not available for calculating the For E.g.:- lotus notes system for engg, separate system
progress for various discipline or work packs for PDMS modelling, FCB system for Fab, PIMS system
for Piping and a separate system for procurement…

24 Insufficient time to work out the progress after the receipt of

inputs from various departments or Delay in receipt of inputs
from various discipline
25 More Team discussion among the Project team members At least a five minute discussion in a week about critical
required to enhance more knowledge about the current activities and the major issues
developments and problem areas in the project
26 People involved in the forecast [Managers, clerks, When there is revision, it took time to revised it.
accountants] should not take vacation during this period.
27 Estimate review should be done early during forecast month so
that project managers can start early for booked proj.

28 Meeting reporting deadlines due to late submission of inputs. Reports are issued on time though but creates a lot of
tension which seems to be affecting health.
29 Time / effort taken in producing reports Periodic check whether these reports are really being
used.
30 Due to continuous prolonged working on the computer, stress
relief measures need to be undertaken
31 List of the engineering deliverables related to Precomm and
Comm is finalized very late (almost at the completion of fab).
This documents and estimates related to precomm and comm
does not get captured at this stage in the Lotus Notes. This
results in progress calculation outside the system and the
system will not have complete info.
32
There is no tool available with planning to ensure that the
manhours booking regarding engineering is going to right
CTR. This is req'd. to avoid bad productivity resulting because
of wrong booking (CO mhrs may wrongly booked to main job)
33 We have implemented ICAPS for reporting progress on
Precomm and Comm on Dolphin. Weighting at ITR level and
the list of ITRs does not get finalized resulting in conflict in
progress reporting and rejection of invoices from client or
reduction in progress.
34 There is a tradition of changing the project weighting by PMT
almost every month. The weighting structure and "work
statement" (one progress report which is back up for invoice)
must be finalized by PMT and client and should be given to
Planning. In Dolphin's case PMT is forcing Planning to come
up with the weightings and changes are made to the same as
per the wish and will of the client almost every month. This
results in progress distortion.
35 PMT sometimes tries to negotiate progress from us.
36 We are down loading Lotus notes database and have to do a
lot of work to find progress at the activity level. Level 4
progress program can be modified and used to measure
progress on engineering and uploading of progress to the
network can be automated. The same can be done for
procurement.
37 Progress reporting on the Subcon activities should be done by
the production group. At present we are taking progress from
Subcon's updated network.
38 Progress at subfunction is not made 100% even after
completion of activity to avoid time card rejection in future if
some work comes up. This makes the primavera network ugly
and the forecast also is affected.
39 The review of the schedules does not happen by project team
properly before it goes to client.
40 Because of the estimates not being accurate the forecast
generated comes out wrong.
41 Production's input related to factoring and breaking the
subfunctions into activities is little.
42 We don't have set structure and set reports to work on
commissioning and precommissioning. This results in client
coming up with different requirement at different times making
the job difficult.
43 The h/up estimate should also come the way it comes for
structure or piping. Normally it is done at the end of fab.
44 In case of big project like dolphin the network should be
divided in to two, as it becomes to big to manage especially
when all activities are going on simultaneously.
45 Time spending in reports affects actual planning job
46 Uneasiness in the dealings with Controls group This was started with unnecessary intervention from
controls group on issue of reports
47 Slow computer

Things that make my Job EASY Remarks

1 Excellent team spirit within department.
2 Standard working procedures.
3 Information on various cut-offs for different activities among
departments is crystal clear.
4 Use of Standard Sub-functions & Standard Progress Reporting
System for Fabrication
5 Effective use of the MS Excel/ Access to support Primavera or
Planning Systems
6 Good Support from Superiors
7 Good Support from Fabrication Group
8 Regular 4WLA Meetings which is helping to manage the Plan
& Forecast of Fabrication activities
9 Immediate avalability of fabrication sequence & drawings
10 Minimum a week to receipt Est. Mhrs to Bid Submission
11 Receipt comments on Schedule should be on time as required

12 No interruption of current work load

13 Input Timing table (Table showing the required timing for the
inputs from different discipline) has helped me to do the job
more systematically and faster.
14 More time is saved in travel after the company arranged
transportation to distant places like Sharjah
15 all planners can help each other when problem arise we are all together
16 Very good support / assistance given within the department.

17 In certain tight work related situations, superiors are very

understanding.
18 Can PIMS be used for Structural discipline?
19 Level 4 progress program can be used to measure progress
on engineering and uploading of progress to network can be
automated.
20 Good working atmosphere
21 Support & assistance from colleagues