ABSTRACT
Quality planning is a process that is concerned with targeting quality standards that are relevant to the shutdown work and devising a plan to meet those standards� The quality management plan is an output of this process� It describes how the quality policy will be implemented by the management team during the course of the shutdown execution�
Producing a quality plan is not complex� It involves identifying all the deliverables at the start of the shutdown and deciding how to best validate their quality� There is an overhead in undertaking quality checks but this is offset by not having to fix things further down the line� Inevitably, the later you find a problem, the longer it takes to fix�
You need to decide how much focus you put on the quality of the shutdown, and how much on the quality of the deliverables�
• The shutdown quality refers to quality events, things like applying proper shutdown management practices to cost, time, resources, communication, etc� It covers managing changes within the shutdown�
• The deliverable quality refers to the “fit for purpose” aspect� It covers things like how well you did your inspection of equipments and how well you have attended to and fixed the problem�
From a business perspective, shutdown quality is usually judged on the following criteria:
• Was the shutdown completed on time? • Was the shutdown completed within budget? • Did the system meet my needs when it was delivered? • Does the system comply with corporate standards for such things as
user interface, documentation, quality standards, etc�? • Is the system well engineered so that it is robust and maintainable? • Is it completed safely?
