Safety Driven Performance Conference 2013

Capstone RBMI spotlight: software roadmap and user advisory council

Oswaldo Rodriguez

Deputy Product Manager

Lloyd’s Register Technical Services

10/10/2013

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Agenda

• User Advisory Council• Feature Spotlight• Roadmap

• Release 9.6.1• Release 9.7.1• Future Releases

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What is the User Advisory Council?

• Group of customers that collaborate as industry experts

• Advice on the product’s direction• Industry trends and best practices• Provide ideas and suggestions to

improve the current software

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What are the group’s objectives?

• Create a clear communication channel between RBMI customers and LRTS on current and future business problems and challenges.

• Encourage customers’ participation in the product’s direction.• Align the product with the customer’s technology and business plan.• Find driving and restraining forces and collaborate to find solutions

and replicate success.

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User Advisory Council Mechanics

• Aim is to have 2-3 meetings a year• Usually WebEx• Agenda sent before the meeting• Meeting minutes sent to participants• Recommendations are considered by LR

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User Advisory Council Recommendations

• Recommendation: Ensure that the views capture all the information contained in the database so users do not have to utilize back-door queries.

• Actions:• We are in the process of updating all the datasets to include all

the information from the database• We are also fixing all the OSS bugs related to Report Server and

Crystal Reports• We are aiming for a end-of-year release or early next year

Report Server 2008 Items

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User Advisory Council Recommendations (cont.)

• Recommendation: Review the training materials for Report Server, update them to the latest version, and design them with engineers and inspectors in mind.

• Actions:• We are designing a light-weight training for Report Server

• Management / Inspectors in mind• Include hands-on and assessments • For more advanced users, a Report Builder class focused on

how to build reports with filters, parameters and combining datasets

Report Server 2008 Items

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User Advisory Council Recommendations (cont.)

• Recommendation: Update OSS more frequently indicating the status of the bug or enhancement request.

• Actions:• We are building a more efficient process to communicate

progress on bugs and enhancements• Currently, Support is annotating any updates on OSS to keep

customers in the loop• Recommendation: Communicate to the customer if the same bug

or request has been previously submitted by other customers.• Action:

• This will be part of the new internal process

Support Items

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User Advisory Council Recommendations (cont.)

• Recommendation: Add the Inspection Confidence Calculator as part of RBMI .

• Action:• This is being reviewed by our engineering team on the feasibility

of adding these calculations as part of RBMI.

Other Items

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Feature Spotlight: Online Training

• Training delivered on-demand!

• 5 different modules• General Overview• Data entry• Visual Inspections• NDE• Non-conformances

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Feature Spotlight: Online Training (cont.)

• Great for • Refreshing concepts / best practices• Users getting up-to-speed in the application• Training at user’s pace / convenience

• Feature include• Voice-over script• Show me option: video instructs user on how to accomplish a

task• Let Me Try It option: video interacts with the user to accomplish

a task• Quizzes to test understanding of the module• Printed Certificate: to demonstrate completion of module

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Release 9.6.2• Centered in Report Server 2008 R2

• Uses windows authentication (Active Directory)• 2008 R2 Shared Datasets replace 2005 Models• 2008 R2 Datasets and Standard Reports now have filters. This

improves performance and creates the ability to filter data at the Plant and Unit levels.

• Custom Reports built in Report Server 2005 will need to be rebuilt using the 2008 R2 Shared Datasets.

• NDE Inspection Module: Calculation of Remaining Life• When the CML’s last reading is less than or equal to T-min, then

remaining life will now be zero, regardless of the short term or long term corrosion rates.

Roadmap

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October 2013 : 9.7.1 Release• Repairs Module• Added ERP fields at the Plant / Unit / System level• Activate / deactivate assets at Plant / Unit / System level• Item criticality• Bug Fixes

Roadmap (cont.)

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Future Releases• Report Server Datasets quality effort

• Make every field of the Database available to build reports• RBMI bug fixes

• Quality is our #1 focus• New Functionality (things we are considering)

• Store documents in the database

• Centralize the location where the default

location for the documents is configured.• Allow the ability to localize the default setting

per plant.

Roadmap (cont.)

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Future Releases• New Functionality (things we are considering)

• Anomaly Management• Pipeline adds• Fitness for Service

• Suggestions? Shoot us an email • LRTS.Help@kbai.net

Roadmap (cont.)

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Any questions?

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