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IPMA ITALY Journal of Applied Project Management
Volume 2 no. 4 (October 2016)

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pre- 5. #10 String Full Tests to be
salt_layer). performed in Recife, for the first
time ever out of Italy.
6. Brazilian Local Content to be
3. Main Project Challenges certified by an external
authorized Third Party and
Oil and Gas large projects like Cessão subject to significant
Onerosa face difficult challenges as contractual penalties in case of
they are becoming increasingly deviations.
complex and technologically 7. Complex environmental
demanding. Production moves to bureaucracy and stringent
frontier, schedules and budgets are local regulations
tight, safety is not negotiable and 8. Different levels of
every project faces a complex communication to connect
network of stakeholders, shareholders, several cultures and
local authorities, regulators, organizations.
communities, third parties, all 9. Multiple Stakeholders and high
concerned about project results and complexity of
impacts. balance/integration among
Greater sizes translate also into a project objectives.
variety of challenges and effective 10. High visibility and significant
risks to be considered and mitigated strategic relevance. Cessão
by any Company. Cessão Onerosa Onerosa was intended like the
represented one of the most complex pilot and pioneer project to
and large projects in GE Oil & Gas develop and test a new local
portfolio, something unique due to execution model, integrating
the multiple innovations and different GE Businesses and
challenges to be considered: Plants, to expand GE Oil & Gas
presence in the Pre-Salt Area
1. Project size and and securing next commercial
technological/organizational opportunities.
complexity.
2. Brazil operations and Local
Business Model sustainability to 4. Project Organizational
be developed and proved. Strategy
3. Aggressive delivery schedule
(18, 24, 27, 29 months from The detailed project schedule for the
Purchase Order for the four four FPSOs forecasted approximately
FPSOs). 8,000 activities planned in Primavera
4. Turbomachines assembly, test P6 and organized according to Fig. 01
and final delivery to be (Main Project Phases):
performed in Brazil, in the new
Recife Yard to be designed,
constructed and tested
specifically for the project and
in parallel to the operations.

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