Lytbulb – Standardising work processes using cloud collaboration generates efficiency in project execution

Submitted by Lytbulb

Impact

Lytbulb has been proven to create step-changes in execution outcomes over the medium term, but also creates immediate quantifiable efficiency gains.

Implementation of Lytbulb’s disruptive technology on projects in the oil and gas industry over 2015-16, has shown immediate efficiency increases of 5-8% regardless of the project phase or team size. In one FEED and Execution example, Lytbulb saved the engineering team 1,700 man-hours, constituting 5.3% of total man-hours.

Step-changes in execution outcomes are harder to quantify, however, the step-change is created by the transparency and control that Lytbulb gives the project team. This creates benefits such as reduced rework, reduced deliverables recycle, more efficient and effective interface/project/subcontractor meetings, and more effective collaboration with clients.

Some words from Denis Marshment, Project Manager, WorleyParsons:

“As a project manager, you want predictability of outcomes, you don’t want surprises. That means you have to be in control. With Lytbulb I am in control, which frees up my time for driving efficiencies and improvements in project delivery.  A key part of my role is to ensure that issues don’t derail the delivery of the project schedule and budget.  Lytbulb gave me complete transparency of issues that could have impacted the project.  This allowed me to communicate with the client with confidence and demonstrate that issues were being addressed in a controlled and timely manner.”

Standardising work processes using the cloud tool Lytbulb takes less than half an hour to set up and brings consistency to your entire project execution team regardless of how many locations, timezones or sub-contractors are involved. It has been shown to increase execution speed, produce superior engineering outcomes, and provide a cost-competitive advantage. This is a sophisticated digital transformation tool for oil and gas project execution.

Currently, oil and gas project execution is lacking the sophisticated task-level management available in the digital technology industry. Whilst oil and gas project execution has excellent project management and excellent deliverables management, the task-level collaboration that sits in-between is largely done using outdated technology (emails, spreadsheets and discipline/interface meetings). Lytbulb was built specifically to bring oil and gas engineering collaboration into the 21st century using the best-practice agile technology available in silicon valley.

Lytbulb works by standardising the process of task execution, ensuring it is available in real-time to all team members in the cloud, and significantly reducing project interfaces and project controls at the task level.