AAOM Handbook

RE.20 Can Work Scope be Split or Changed to Avoid Risk? Context The objective of the work management processes is to deliver the agreed performance targets of a business area by completing the Right Work, at the Right Time, in the Right Way. Every work package has a distinct window that defines the right time for completion. This window is bounded by the earliest date that the requirements for completion of the first elements of the work can be assembled, and by the date at which an unacceptable outcome is likely to result if all of the work has not been completed. The objective of the scheduling process is to allocate the resources necessary to complete each Task of the work package within this time window. The processes that deliver materials, special tools and contracted resources to the workplace for each Task must therefore ensure that all the specified items will be available for the Scheduled Date of each Task. If delivery cannot be expedited, or an alternate supplier found, resources obtained from another plant area, or reassigned from another Task to meet the Schedule Date and/or Required Date for the work, it may be possible to modify the work scope or split the work in order to deliver the most critical outcomes by the Scheduled Date and/or Required Date. Purpose To check if the work scope can be modified or split in order to deliver critical outcomes by the Scheduled Date and/or Required Date for a Task. Quantity One decision whether the work scope can be modified or split to deliver critical outcomes by the Scheduled and/or Required Date for the Task at risk. One decision whether the cost of the modified work scope or splitting of the work needs to be approved. Quality The decision criteria to be used are;  will modification or partial completion of the work remove, reduce or delay the impact of not completing all of the work by its Required Date,  can resources be delivered to complete that (part of the) work that will

remove, reduce or delay the impact,  can the work be modified or split?

 any potential hazards, and the associated risks, associated with modifying or splitting the work shall be identified and appropriate controls put in place.