Building a framework for integrated risk management of complex projects: The case of a major distribution network investment

With the introduction of intermittent renewable generation, distributed energy storage and demand side management, distribution network developments are becoming ever more complex. Northern Isles New Energy Solutions (NINES), led by Scottish and Southern Energy Power Distribution (SSEPD) and support...

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Main Authors: Houghton, T., Ackermann, Fran, Howick, S., Quigley, J., Walls, L.
Format: Conference Paper
Published: 2013
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/8228
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Ackermann, Fran
Howick, S.
Quigley, J.
Walls, L.
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Howick, S.
Quigley, J.
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description With the introduction of intermittent renewable generation, distributed energy storage and demand side management, distribution network developments are becoming ever more complex. Northern Isles New Energy Solutions (NINES), led by Scottish and Southern Energy Power Distribution (SSEPD) and supported by Ofgem, aims to incorporate all of these elements into a combined active network management (ANM) scheme. This paper describes a risk management framework that has been developed to assist the managers of the NINES project deal with the multi-faceted challenges presented by large and complex projects. The process combines two parallel but interwoven activities; the first engages a range of stakeholders, using a group decision support system to facilitate the surfacing of risks and their ramifications, in a causal risk mapping process, while the second engages with the SSEPD team to elicit expert judgement regarding specific uncertainties so as to understand the likelihood of particular risks occuiring. This in mm allows the consequences of the risks to be evaluated quantitatively and the implications to be more fully assessed by the project management team through a decision tree (DT) approach. While developed here specifically for NINES, the fiwnework has potential across a range of complex project management situations.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-82282017-09-13T14:38:33Z Building a framework for integrated risk management of complex projects: The case of a major distribution network investment Houghton, T. Ackermann, Fran Howick, S. Quigley, J. Walls, L. With the introduction of intermittent renewable generation, distributed energy storage and demand side management, distribution network developments are becoming ever more complex. Northern Isles New Energy Solutions (NINES), led by Scottish and Southern Energy Power Distribution (SSEPD) and supported by Ofgem, aims to incorporate all of these elements into a combined active network management (ANM) scheme. This paper describes a risk management framework that has been developed to assist the managers of the NINES project deal with the multi-faceted challenges presented by large and complex projects. The process combines two parallel but interwoven activities; the first engages a range of stakeholders, using a group decision support system to facilitate the surfacing of risks and their ramifications, in a causal risk mapping process, while the second engages with the SSEPD team to elicit expert judgement regarding specific uncertainties so as to understand the likelihood of particular risks occuiring. This in mm allows the consequences of the risks to be evaluated quantitatively and the implications to be more fully assessed by the project management team through a decision tree (DT) approach. While developed here specifically for NINES, the fiwnework has potential across a range of complex project management situations. 2013 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/8228 10.1049/cp.2013.1257 restricted
spellingShingle Houghton, T.
Ackermann, Fran
Howick, S.
Quigley, J.
Walls, L.
Building a framework for integrated risk management of complex projects: The case of a major distribution network investment
title Building a framework for integrated risk management of complex projects: The case of a major distribution network investment
title_full Building a framework for integrated risk management of complex projects: The case of a major distribution network investment
title_fullStr Building a framework for integrated risk management of complex projects: The case of a major distribution network investment
title_full_unstemmed Building a framework for integrated risk management of complex projects: The case of a major distribution network investment
title_short Building a framework for integrated risk management of complex projects: The case of a major distribution network investment
title_sort building a framework for integrated risk management of complex projects: the case of a major distribution network investment
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/8228