Det Norske Veritas in , Norway

The paper “Methodology, tools and services for integrity of TLPs/A case study for the Matterhorn TLP” was presented by the author, DNV Software’s Heidi Johansen. 

DNV recently acquired Taiwanese software house Primalux and their Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) System. The system, named Orbit+, gives DNV Software a fast track to providing a full Asset Integrity Management System (AIMS) to customers in the oil, gas and process industries. 

DNV has entered into a strategic agreement with the China Special Equipment Inspection and Research Centre (CSEI), and is now cooperating with the Chinese organisation to promote comprehensive risk-based inspection planning and software services. 

Effective project management demands rapid decisions about uncertain future events based on often inadequate information. Failure to manage the right variables at the right time during the project may result in project overruns, delays and poor delivery. 

Today, there is an ever increasing flexibility in sourcing IT Services. Whatever the buzzword: Offshoring, Outtasking, Business Process Outsourcing, Service Oriented Architectures (SOA) - in the end only the results count.