OUTAGE SCOPE & RISK FORECASTING

Outage scope is built from habit and wish-lists, not condition. Low-value work crowds the critical path while genuine risks are missed, and the scope is impossible to defend.

Actors

  • Outage Manager
  • Reliability Engineer
  • Programme Director

Systems / Vendors

  • Primavera P6
  • IBM Maximo
  • AVEVA PI

Business Question

"Does this outage scope reflect what the plant actually needs, or what we did last time?"

What SPoG Does

  • Builds a candidate scope from asset condition, risk and regulatory drivers.
  • Challenges low-value work and surfaces missing high-consequence tasks.
  • Produces a ranked, evidence-backed scope leadership can defend.

Outcome Metrics

−20%

Non-essential outage scope

Fewer

Emergent surprises

100%

Scope evidence-backed