Project Documentation: Deepwater Horizon Project Analysis and Review

This report provides a detailed analysis of the Deepwater Horizon project, starting with an introduction to its complexities and the utilization of a Design Structure Matrix (DSM) to map task dependencies. The report includes peer review information, constraints, and limitations such as scope-trio factors, machinery limitations, and safety issues. It explains the reasons for the project's failure, including technical problems, accidents, and oil spills, and suggests tools like safety plans and contingency planning to mitigate risks. The report also provides a graph illustrating external affairs versus recommended actions, and concludes with a summary of the project's complexity and the implications of the DSM analysis. The project faced significant challenges due to technical issues, accidents, and oil spills which ultimately led to its failure. The report is supported by a comprehensive list of references.

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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................2
Design structure matrix of Deepwater Horizon Project..................................................................2
Peer review Information..................................................................................................................3
Constraints and Limitation of Deepwater Horizon Project.............................................................3
Explanation of the Constraints and Limitation................................................................................4
Reason for Failure of the Project.....................................................................................................5
Graph of External affairs vs. recommended actions........................................................................5
Summary of the complexity of Deepwater Horizon Project...........................................................6
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................6
References........................................................................................................................................7

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Introduction
The complexities of the project has grown in abundance with the implication of the issues
and the management of the factors. The advent of technologies had been helpful for aligning the
work. The project of Deepwater Horizon has been selected for forming the implication of the
alignment works and development of the oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico. The following assignment
had included the utilization of the design structure matrix (DSM) and peer review evaluation on
the topic for analyzing the work implication. The report would include the analysis of the project
and the factors controlling the progress of the project.
Design structure matrix of Deepwater Horizon Project
The Design Structure Matrix (DSM) is a tool used for the communication of the
complexity of the project using the analysis of the task dependencies and mapping complexities.
The tool would help in identifying the complexities of the Deepwater Horizon Project and form
the relationship between its activities. The following is the design structure matrix for the
project,
Phase
Tasks
Initialization Execution Monitorin
g
Closing
Site Clearing and
Securing
X X
Drilling and Confinement X X X
Sustainable Exportation X X X X
Finalizing the Products X X X

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According to the DSM, it is clear that the initialization would consider the information
required for all activities, execution would include the information from the first three activities
mentioned in table, monitoring would include the information form the last three activities
mentioned in table, and controlling would include information from the last two activities
mentioned in table.
Peer review Information
The development of the Design Structure Matrix (DSM) for Deepwater Horizon Project
would be largely dependent on the information collected from many peers. They have used their
understanding and skills for providing the information and evaluating the complex relationship
among the people. The list of the people with some information who have participated in
providing information for making the DSM is given below,
First Name Last Name Contact Number Email
Joy Leigh +41-********* leigh.joy@****mail.com
Rose Bullock +41-********* rose456@****mail.com
Amanda Keith +41-********* keith.amanda@****mail.com
Rocky Jones +41-********* rocky675@****mail.com
Barry Lawson +41-********* 487.barry@****mail.com
Jack Fury +41-********* jack932@****mail.com
Constraints and Limitation of Deepwater Horizon Project
The Deepwater Horizon Project was on its final exploratory phase for the exploratory
drilling when the oil rig explode. It resulted in ceasing the works at Macondo well in Gulf of

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Mexico as the disaster took a toll of 11 lives. The following are the constraints and limitations
for the project,
Scope-Trio Factor: The trio factors of cost, time, and quality are the main constraints for
the project. The time, quality and cost boundary on the project would result in forming the
specific alignment of the major resources and work limitation.
Machinery and Equipment: The limitation of the dependency on the machine and
equipment would result in major factor alignment. The limitation of the knowledge of machinery
and equipment handling would result in forming issues in managing the project.
Safety Issues: The safety issues in another major factor that would act as a constraint for
the project. The various issues in the completion of the project had resulted in formation of the
management works for aligning major issues.
Explanation of the Constraints and Limitation
The various constraints and limitations for the Deepwater Horizon Project and its
explanation is given below,
Constraints Explanation
Scope-Trio Factor The time, quality and cost boundary on the project would result in
forming the specific alignment of the major resources and work
limitation.
Machinery and
Equipment
The limitation of the knowledge of machinery and equipment handling
would result in forming issues in managing the project.
Safety Issues The various issues in the completion of the project had resulted in

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formation of the management works for aligning major issues.
Reason for varieties in the Project
The major reason for the failure of the Deepwater Horizon Project are,
Technical Problems: The technical factors for the project include the factors like oil
extraction, refining, and transportation. The issues in the equipment had resulted in forming the
issues in compilation of the work.
Accidents: The fire and the spilling of the oil was a major factor for the failure of the
project. The explosion resulted in tolling 11 lives and wastage of 4.9 M barrel of oil.
Spilling of Oil Rig: The spilling of 4.9 M barrel of oil had resulted in forming the issues
in listing of the issues and forming the implication and development.
Tools helpful for Absorption of varieties
The varieties of the project can be mitigated by the use of the following tools,
Safety Plan Development: A safety plan would be helpful for ensuring that the project is
completed successfully.
Engineering Principles: The engineering principles would allow the alignment of the
processes of engineering for better function development.
Contingency planning: the contingency planning would help in dealing with the issues
and the formation of the effective work.

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Hiring Contractor for crew: The external contractor would help in taking acre of the
worker/human issues for the project.
Beta testing methods: It should be used for developing the successful compilation of the
works and the listing of the activities.
Graph of External affairs vs. recommended actions
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Chart Title
Safety Plan Development Engineering Principles
Contingency planning Hiring Contractor for crew
Beta testing methods should be used
Summary of the complexity of Deepwater Horizon Project
The Deepwater Horizon Project was done for development of the oil rig in the Gulf of
Mexico and its complexity is due to the fact that the work required developing the issues and
identification of the improved work alignment. The works included in the development of the oil
rig was extraction, refining, and transportation. The implication of the machine and equipment
would result in major factor alignment and the complexity rose due to the limitation of the
knowledge of machinery and equipment handling. It would result in forming issues in managing
the project due to the probable technical factors of machine and equipment handling issues.

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Conclusion
It can be concluded from the assignment that the development of the effective alignment
issues for the project of Deepwater Horizon Project. The compilation of the work and the
utilization of the DSM had helped in understanding the complexities of the project. According to
the DSM the Initialization had considered the information required for all activities, execution
had included the information from the first three activities mentioned in table, monitoring had
included the information form the last three activities mentioned in table, and controlling had
included information from the last two activities mentioned in table. The Deepwater Horizon
Project had been very complex and the issues of Technical Problems, Accidents, and Spilling of
Oil Rig had resulted in failure of the project.

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