Methods and apparatus to monitor tasks in a process system enterprise
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1. A method, comprising:
- analyzing, using a processor, tasks to be performed in an enterprise to determine a criticality of the tasks and an actionability of the tasks, the tasks associated with at least one of maintenance of operations or administrative actions in a process control system of the enterprise, the criticality of respective ones of the tasks based on (1) a severity of a risk associated with at least one of a safety or a reliability of the operations of a component in the process control system if the task is not performed and (2) a significance of a difference in likelihood of the risk being realized if the task is performed relative to the likelihood of the risk being realized if the task is not performed, the actionability of respective ones of the tasks indicative of at least one of a viability or a feasibility of performing the task relative to performing other tasks, wherein the component corresponds to at least one of one or more sites, one or more systems, one or more units, one or more areas, one or more process cells, one or more workstations, one or more software packages, one or more pieces of hardware, or one or more field devices in the process control system;
ordering, using the processor, the tasks based on the criticality and the actionability of the tasks;
rendering a user interface having multiple views via a display, the user interface providing a first graphic representative of at least a portion of the ordered tasks, wherein the first graphic is a chart having a first axis corresponding to the criticality of the tasks and a second axis corresponding to the actionability of the tasks, the chart to include markers plotted thereon, ones of the markers representative of one or more of the tasks;
displaying the chart in a site view of the user interface when the site view for the chart is user-selected via the user interface, wherein the markers are a first set of markers corresponding to different sites within the enterprise when the site view is user-selected; and
displaying the chart in a system view of the user interface when the system view for the chart is user-selected via the user interface, wherein the markers are a second set of markers corresponding to different systems within the enterprise when the site view is user-selected, wherein locations of the first set of markers plotted within the chart are different than locations of the second set of markers plotted within the chart.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus to monitor tasks in a process system enterprise are disclosed. In one example, a method is disclosed that comprises analyzing, using a processor, tasks in an enterprise to determine a criticality of each task and an actionability of each task, ordering, using the processor, the tasks based on the criticality and the actionability of each of the tasks, and rendering, via a display, a first graphic representative of at least a portion of the ordered tasks.
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24 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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analyzing, using a processor, tasks to be performed in an enterprise to determine a criticality of the tasks and an actionability of the tasks, the tasks associated with at least one of maintenance of operations or administrative actions in a process control system of the enterprise, the criticality of respective ones of the tasks based on (1) a severity of a risk associated with at least one of a safety or a reliability of the operations of a component in the process control system if the task is not performed and (2) a significance of a difference in likelihood of the risk being realized if the task is performed relative to the likelihood of the risk being realized if the task is not performed, the actionability of respective ones of the tasks indicative of at least one of a viability or a feasibility of performing the task relative to performing other tasks, wherein the component corresponds to at least one of one or more sites, one or more systems, one or more units, one or more areas, one or more process cells, one or more workstations, one or more software packages, one or more pieces of hardware, or one or more field devices in the process control system; ordering, using the processor, the tasks based on the criticality and the actionability of the tasks; rendering a user interface having multiple views via a display, the user interface providing a first graphic representative of at least a portion of the ordered tasks, wherein the first graphic is a chart having a first axis corresponding to the criticality of the tasks and a second axis corresponding to the actionability of the tasks, the chart to include markers plotted thereon, ones of the markers representative of one or more of the tasks; displaying the chart in a site view of the user interface when the site view for the chart is user-selected via the user interface, wherein the markers are a first set of markers corresponding to different sites within the enterprise when the site view is user-selected; and displaying the chart in a system view of the user interface when the system view for the chart is user-selected via the user interface, wherein the markers are a second set of markers corresponding to different systems within the enterprise when the site view is user-selected, wherein locations of the first set of markers plotted within the chart are different than locations of the second set of markers plotted within the chart. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A system, comprising:
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a processor to implement a system management application to; analyze tasks to be performed in an enterprise, the tasks associated with at least one of maintenance of operations or administrative actions in a process control system of the enterprise; quantify a criticality for the tasks, the criticality of respective ones of the tasks based on (1) a severity of a risk associated with at least one of a safety or a reliability of the operations of a component in the process control system if the corresponding task is not performed and (2) a significance of a difference in likelihood of the risk being realized if the task is performed relative to the likelihood of the risk being realized if the task is not performed, wherein the component corresponds to at least one of one or more sites, one or more systems, one or more units, one or more areas, one or more process cells, one or more workstations, one or more software packages, one or more pieces of hardware, or one or more field devices in the process control system; and quantify an actionability for the tasks, the actionability of respective ones of the tasks indicative of at least one of a viability or a feasibility of performing the task relative to performing other tasks; and a display to render user interface having multiple views, the user interface to provide a first graphic representative of at least one of the criticality or actionability corresponding to at least a portion of the tasks in the enterprise, wherein the first graphic is a chart having a first axis corresponding to the criticality of the tasks and a second axis corresponding to the actionability of the tasks, the chart to include markers plotted thereon, ones of the markers representative of one or more of the tasks, the user interface to; provide the chart in a site view when the site view for the chart is user-selected via the user interface, wherein the markers are a first set of markers corresponding to different sites within the enterprise when the site view is user-selected; and provide the chart in a system view when the system view for the chart is user-selected via the user interface, wherein the markers are a second set of markers corresponding to different systems within the enterprise when the site view is user-selected, wherein locations of the first set of markers plotted within the chart are different than locations of the second set of markers plotted within the chart. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A tangible non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed, cause a machine to at least:
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analyze tasks in an enterprise to determine a criticality of the tasks and an actionability of the tasks, the tasks associated with at least one of maintenance of operations or administrative actions in a process control system of the enterprise, the criticality of respective ones of the tasks based on (1) a severity of risk associated with at least one of a safety or a reliability of the operations of a component in the process control system if the corresponding task is not performed and (2) a significance of a difference in likelihood of the risk being realized if the task is performed relative to the likelihood of the risk being realized if the task is not performed, the actionability of respective ones of the tasks indicative of at least one of a viability or a feasibility of performing the task relative to performing other tasks, wherein the component corresponds to at least one of one or more sites, one or more systems, one or more units, one or more areas, one or more process cells, one or more workstations, one or more software packages, one or more pieces of hardware, or one or more field devices in the process control system; order the tasks based on the criticality and the actionability of the tasks; render a user interface having multiple views via a display, the user interface providing a first graphic representative of at least a portion of the ordered tasks, wherein the first graphic is a chart having a first axis corresponding to the criticality of the tasks and a second axis corresponding to the actionability of the tasks, the chart to include markers plotted thereon, ones of the markers representative of one or more of the tasks; display the chart in a site view of the user interface when the site view for the chart is user-selected via the user interface, wherein the markers are a first set of markers corresponding to different sites within the enterprise when the site view is user-selected; and display the chart in a system view of the user interface when the system view for the chart is user-selected via the user interface, wherein the markers are a second set of markers corresponding to different systems within the enterprise when the site view is user-selected, wherein locations of the first set of markers plotted within the chart are different than locations of the second set of markers plotted within the chart. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24)
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