Improving Project Performance with Information Integration

Capital project execution involves the processing of massive amounts of data within and across many interfaces. Information integration is recognized as a way of helping the industry speed project execution while also increasing quality and reducing costs. RT-258 provides a process, a maturity model (for the organization), a tool to assess information integration opportunities, and case studies.

RT-258 broadly assessed the current state of practice and provides a process and the necessary tools that will help organizations move forward with information integration challenges. Their conclusions include:

   The maturity model recommended should be used as a tool to ascertain current integration efforts within an organization. Further, the assessment can be translated to practice by creating a portfolio of specific integration opportunities.

   The integration opportunity assessment tool (IOP tool) can be used to assess current integration opportunity efforts. The effectiveness of the tool is enhanced when utilized with the maturity model.

   The maturity model suggests prioritizing internal integration within various groups before focusing on external integration with key partners. 

   Integration with vendor data is identified as a critical execution interface that offers significant opportunities for existing work practices.