scholarly journals Application of the Scenario Planning Process - a Case Study: The Technical Information Department at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
John A. Schuster
Keyword(s):  
Planning Process ◽  
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory ◽  
National Laboratory ◽  
Technical Information ◽  
Scenario Planning

From Pilot to Practice

2000 ◽  
pp. 77-90
Author(s):  
Judith Gebauer ◽  
Frank Farber
Keyword(s):  
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory ◽  
National Laboratory ◽  
Test Bed ◽  
Time Restrictions ◽  
Business Operations ◽  
It Architecture ◽  
Support Engineering ◽  
Isolated Systems

In this case study we report on how Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) is utilizing emerging technologies to support engineering and procurement processes. In the context of a major construction project, the National Ignition Facility (NIF), scope, complexity, and tight budget and time restrictions required streamlined business operations and improved collaboration between engineering and procurement. In order to establish a unified information technology (IT) architecture, LLNL is integrating formerly isolated systems and enhancing them through internal development as well as commercial products. The result is highly customized to LLNL’s needs and allows the Lab to meet the requirements of NIF-related engineering and procurement processes in terms of cost, time, quality and complexity. The project also serves as a test bed for a lab-wide, integrated IT infrastructure. This case study is a follow-up to Gebauer and Schad (1999).

From Pilot to Practice Streamlining Procurement and Engineering at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

2000 ◽  
pp. 1-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judith Gebauer ◽  
Frank Farber
Keyword(s):  
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory ◽  
National Laboratory ◽  
Test Bed ◽  
Time Restrictions ◽  
Business Operations ◽  
It Architecture ◽  
Support Engineering ◽  
Isolated Systems

In this case study we report on how Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) is utilizing emerging technologies to support engineering and procurement processes. In the context of a major construction project, the National Ignition Facility (NIF), scope, complexity, and tight budget and time restrictions required streamlined business operations and improved collaboration between engineering and procurement. In order to establish a unified information technology (IT) architecture, LLNL is integrating formerly isolated systems and enhancing them through internal development as well as commercial products. The result is highly customized to LLNLs needs and allows the Lab to meet the requirements of NIF-related engineering and procurement processes in terms of cost, time, quality and complexity. The project also serves as a test bed for a lab-wide, integrated IT infrastructure. This case study is a follow-up to Gebauer and Schad (1999).

USCGC Healy (WAGB 20)—A Case Study for Implementing Reliability-Centered Maintenance

2000 ◽  
Vol 37 (01) ◽  
pp. 50-56
Author(s):  
William J. Reicks ◽  
Richard Burt ◽  
John P. Mazurana ◽  
Russell J. Steinle
Keyword(s):  
Planning Process ◽  
Technical Information ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Coast Guard ◽  
Fine Tuning ◽  
Maintenance Planning ◽  
Detail Design ◽  
Reliability Centered Maintenance

In new ship construction, maintenance planning affords both an opportunity and a challenge. On one hand, a new ship class enables maintenance planners to start with a clean slate and consider improved and more cost-effective maintenance methods. On the other hand, new manning concepts, lack of timely technical information when maintenance planning is conducted in parallel with detail design, use of equipment new to the fleet, and the like impose a measure of uncertainty on the planning process. In this paper, we review why and how Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM) techniques were applied to the new Polar icebreaker U.S. Coast Guard Cutter (CGC) Healy (frontispiece). We review how we incorporated condition-based maintenance techniques where appropriate. We discuss the decision process used for fine-tuning the Maintenance Procedure Cards (MPC) for CGC Healy's hull, mechanical, and electrical (HM&E) Preventive Maintenance Manual. Finally, we share some lessons learned in the process.

scholarly journals ‘Rapid Scenario Planning’ to Support a Regional Sustainability Transformation Vision: A Case Study from Blekinge, Sweden

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (17) ◽  
pp. 6928
Author(s):  
Giles Thomson ◽  
Henrik Ny ◽  
Varvara Nikulina ◽  
Sven Borén ◽  
James Ayers ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Planning Process ◽  
Expert Knowledge ◽  
Local Governance ◽  
Scenario Planning ◽  
Regional Government ◽  
Planning Project ◽  
Resource Requirements ◽  
Government Project ◽  
Stakeholder Integration

This paper presents a case study of a transdisciplinary scenario planning workshop that was designed to link global challenges to local governance. The workshop was held to improve stakeholder integration and explore scenarios for a regional planning project (to 2050) in Blekinge, Sweden. Scenario planning and transdisciplinary practices are often disregarded by practitioners due to the perception of onerous resource requirements, however, this paper describes a ‘rapid scenario planning’ process that was designed to be agile and time-efficient, requiring the 43 participants from 13 stakeholder organizations to gather only for one day. The process was designed to create an environment whereby stakeholders could learn from, and with, each other and use their expert knowledge to inform the scenario process. The Framework for Strategic Sustainable Development (FSSD) was used to structure and focus the scenario planning exercise and its subsequent recommendations. The process was evaluated through a workshop participant survey and post-workshop evaluative interview with the regional government project manager to indicate the effectiveness of the approach. The paper closes with a summary of findings which will support those wishing to conduct similar rapid scenario planning exercises to inform policy planning for complex systems.

Participatory Mapping in Browns Canyon National Monument, Colorado (USA)

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
John Harner ◽  
Lee Cerveny ◽  
Rebecca Gronewold
Keyword(s):  
Land Management ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Management Plan ◽  
Bureau Of Land Management ◽  
National Monument ◽  
Resource Managers ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Us Forest Service ◽  
Natural Resource Managers

Natural resource managers need up-to-date information about how people interact with public lands and the meanings these places hold for use in planning and decision-making. This case study explains the use of public participatory Geographic Information System (GIS) to generate and analyze spatial patterns of the uses and values people hold for the Browns Canyon National Monument in Colorado. Participants drew on maps and answered questions at both live community meetings and online sessions to develop a series of maps showing detailed responses to different types of resource uses and landscape values. Results can be disaggregated by interaction types, different meaningful values, respondent characteristics, seasonality, or frequency of visit. The study was a test for the Bureau of Land Management and US Forest Service, who jointly manage the monument as they prepare their land management plan. If the information generated is as helpful throughout the entire planning process as initial responses seem, this protocol could become a component of the Bureau’s planning tool kit.

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