SPE Economics & Management
Volume 2, Number 2, October 2010, pp. 64-69

SPE-128596-PA

Antipatterns: A Tool for Continuous Improvement

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DOI  More information 10.2118/128596-PA http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/128596-PA

Citation

  • Feineman, D.R. 2010. Antipatterns: A Tool for Continuous Improvement. SPE Econ & Mgmt  2 (2): 64-69. SPE-128596-PA. doi: 10.2118/128596-PA.

Discipline Categories

  • 3.3.3 Project Management
  • 3.5.1 Knowledge Management
  • 3.6.1 Technology Deployment

Keywords

  • Antipatterns, Continuous Improvement, Project management, Digital Oilfield

Summary

Process design patterns are fragments of business processes used as a solution to commonly encountered problems. A process design antipattern is a special form of pattern that is ineffective or has negative consequences, but it may also be routinely followed. The objective in studying process antipatterns is to identify suboptimal performance and replace it with better practices. This paper describes some antipatterns in the implementation of digital-oilfield projects, refactored solutions that enable recovery from those antipatterns, and the root causes that create them. It concludes with a description of how continuous improvement enabled by antipatterns differs from more traditional approaches to project lessons learned and why antipatterns represent a better way to capture and reuse experience-based learning.

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History

  • Original manuscript received: 15 February 2010
  • Meeting paper published: 24 March 2010
  • Manuscript approved: 12 April 2010
  • Published online: 26 August 2010
  • Version of record: 11 October 2010