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Purpose of Lesson :

Lessons gathered and identified during projects can be experiences, techniques or methods that provide benefit to future projects. These lessons can allow future projects to avoid undesirable situations, or equally provide guidance on positive experiences which can improve project outcomes. Both types of lessons become useful when they are shared and put into practice by the decommissioning community.

The lessons published on the Late Life Planning Portal focus on those lessons from which improvements to the tools and site can be identified, implemented and thus providing value to future projects.

We invite all our visitors to submit lessons which they feel could be helpful and useful to others who may be going through the same decommissioning process. If you feel you have a lesson that could be useful, please click the link below, fill in the details as requested and submit your lesson.

Once we receive a new lesson submission, we will review the lesson and keep you updated on the progress of the review.

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Lessons in L2P2
Lesson ID	Lesson Summary	Time Frame	Workstream	Date Submitted
L000003	The integrity of subsea structures should be evaluated prior to defining recovery inventory, decommissioning strategy and programme approval rather than making assumptions that the condition of the Subsea Controls System is good prior to Decommissioning	10 TO 5 YEARS BEFORE CoP	CONTRACTING STRATEGY	7-3-2018	View
L000004	The regulator’s experience from reviewing a number of projects is that conventional planning for decommissioning such as standard decision gate processes and project management tools are insufficient to manage decommissioning	5 TO 3 YEARS BEFORE CoP	PROJECT MANAGEMENT	7-3-2018	View
L000005	Strategy change causing changes to decommissioning planning and readiness	5 TO 3 YEARS BEFORE CoP	PROJECT MANAGEMENT	7-3-2018	View
L000007	Integrated approach between operations and decommissioning	PRE LATE LIFE	PROJECT MANAGEMENT	7-3-2018	View
L000009	Strategies for transition from Operations to Decommissioning	3 YEARS BEFORE CoP	PRODUCTION OPERATIONS	7-3-2018	View
L000010	The use of full engineering workpacks may not be appropriate during the execution phase of a project. Whilst it’s important to recognise that the purpose of a workpack is to provide adequate instruction to site personnel, this need not be so detailed that it inhibits the introduction of more efficient practices by an experienced construction team.	POST CoP	PROJECT MANAGEMENT	7-3-2018	View
L000014	An operator’s experience has been that The Stakeholder Engagement Process worked well. It was reactive but fit-for-purpose. The NFFO, and DECC were consulted prior to commencement of the formal consultation process. Engaging with statutory stakeholders in advance of public consultation worked very well as it allowed us to receive comments from the NFFO and DECC on our proposals prior to the formal public consultation taking place. The lesson learned is that the Stakeholder Engagement Process with key regulatory bodies (DBEIS, OGA, NFFO) should be initiated early in the project for swift approval of decommissioning programs. The operator has documented the requirement to engage with statutory stakeholders in advance of public consultation. Also to make corporate affairs aware of the scope and detail of the conversations; the intention is that eventually all stakeholder communications will be managed via a web application.	5 TO 3 YEARS BEFORE CoP	STAKEHOLDERS	7-3-2018	View
L000015	In planning a decommissioning project, and whilst such projects differ from capital investment projects in many ways, it’s important to remember the basic disciplines and guidelines of successful project management	5 TO 3 YEARS BEFORE CoP	PROJECT MANAGEMENT	7-3-2018	View
L000016	Contracting strategy to be specific and relevant to demolition workscope	5 TO 3 YEARS BEFORE CoP	PROJECT MANAGEMENT	7-3-2018	View