Post-Conference In-depth Learning Sessions
18 June 2015
Registration and morning tea for both sessions is at 08:30 and sessions will conclude at 17:00. Lunch, morning and afternoon tea provided. Choose between:
Session A
Executive coaching session: Communicating the value of data management to non-technical stakeholders and assuring success in information management (IM) projects
This in-depth learning session is designed for all technologists involved in information management projects. The session will address the key point of failure in information management projects and how to avoid it. By addressing the inability to communicate the benefits of the project to non-technical management stakeholders, it discusses the communication gap and identifies areas in which this gap is most critical.
The session will showcase best practices for communicating technical data to non-technical management, in three specific sections:
Section 1: Avoiding key points of failure
- Oil and Gas IM - critical success factors
- Why do IM projects fail? lessons from project management
- KPI’s for quantitative IM benefits
- Constructing a business case and unique business value
Section 2: Closing critical communications gaps
- Critical communication - stakeholders, influencers and decision makers
- Aligning with growth strategy
- Communicating with non-technical stakeholders
- Understanding, measuring and documenting capability maturity
Section 3: Adopting and adapting best practices for upper management support
- Case studies – change management and change trajectory
- Aligning with organizational growth strategy
- Shaping and supporting ideas that work in IM
- PLAN-ITSM for success in IM projects
By attending this session you will learn:
- How to gain the support of your top management in smart technology projects
- How to determine your company’s maturity level and how you can help it improve
Session facilitator:
Jess Kozman
Regional Representative
Professional Petroleum Data Management Association (PPDM)
Session B:
From chaos to calm: Bringing order to PETREL environments
This in-depth learning session is designed for Development and Exploration Geologists, Geophysicists, Geochemists, Geoscientists, Petroleum Engineers, Managers, and Technical IT personnel that are Petrel users.
This interactive session will examine what it takes to extract the business value from this highly technical software and how to get more quickly to the value, in three specific sections:
Section 1: Developing an effective software portfolio
- Aligning Petrel with the business
- Support, data framework and infrastructure
- Identifying the value of the software to the business
Section 2: Examples from the field – companies large and small
- How to overcome user resistance
- What to do with all the data?
- Evaluating the pros and cons of big-bang versus creeping implementation
Section 3: Getting to the value faster
- Addressing the challenges to implementing large-scale change
- Developing the skills and competencies of petrel users
- Lessons learnt from key oil and gas operators
By attending this session you will learn:
- How Petrel breaks all the rules and how you can survive Petrel implementation
- How to reduce the time it takes from implementation to deliver value
- What are the things you should be doing and what you should stop doing to achieve a successful implementation
Session facilitator:
Mauricio Volcan Herrera
Senior Geophysicist
Schlumberger