Situation
Successive mergers left a North Sea operator with divergent classification and failure-coding schemes. Safety-critical performance reporting required quarterly manual assembly while the live safety case stayed in force.
MaxIron responsibility
MaxIron delivered the standards model, master-data remediation, integrations and reliability reporting. The operator’s reliability, HSE, asset-management and governance functions approved definitions and safety-critical requirements.
Standards model, master data, enterprise integration, reliability analytics and retained standards advice
Delivery
The team crosswalked three legacy schemes into ISO 14224 taxonomy, connected API RP 14C performance standards and verification to the asset record, and developed ISO 15926-aligned contractor handover templates.
The standards committee signed hierarchy definitions, reliability approved taxonomy and failure lists, and HSE held performance standards. A data-governance forum and named standards owner maintain controlled change. Deferrals record reason and approver at the decision.
Platform and connections
IBM Maximo on DB2; SAP PM and finance; reliability analytics; linked HSE incidents; contractor handover templates
Outcome
A common standards model was delivered in 12 months and maintained through retained advice. Work history remains interpretable through legacy mappings; reliability and safety-critical reporting use the same Maximo records.
Scope and decisions
The operator agreed how far back full ISO 14224 detail would apply. Earlier history stays interpretable through the maintained crosswalk. The HSE incident system remains its system of record. ISO 15926 handover templates apply to new-build and brownfield projects.
Delivery lessons
Agree the historical boundary before modifying records, pilot failure-mode lists with technicians and appoint the standards owner at mobilisation. Performance standards and verification activities need to remain linked to the safety-critical asset.
Next conversation
Bring the classification schemes, failure-mode list, safety-critical element register, performance standards and contractor handover requirements to a standards assessment.
Evidence basis
This brief summarises the published anonymised engagement. Client-identifying names, sites and records are withheld. Reference discussions are subject to client permission and NDA where required. Published durations and outcomes relate to this estate; another programme requires assessment of its scope and operating constraints.