Lessons Learned

Knowledge Management

Lessons Learned is a component of the Knowledge Management system which allows a company to record operations experience and learnings. This information, in turn, can be used to improve Well designs and operations for future Wells. The EDM™ Lessons Learned system and information storage area may also be integrated by clients to liaise with other Knowledge Management systems within their IT infrastructure.

The lessons learned feature provides a number of benefits to the organization:

Users in the field who have first hand knowledge and experience with both processes and equipment used on the Rig can document their expertise to the rest of the organization. The Lessons Learned data entry areas in OpenWells® software enable these users to easily enter this valuable information.
Lessons Learned data entry areas provide fields to enter information for equipment, processes, methods and vendors.
Lessons Learned information can be associated to activity code information. This information can then be used during the Well planning phase for future Well designs to improve operations.
Permutations of lessons information can easily be configured for comparisons and reporting purposes.

The most valuable lessons are created from (and subsequently linked to) the following:

Report data entry window - Lessons can be associated to any Report type through the Report's data entry form's Lessons Learned toolbar icon ( ).
Equipment Failure/NPT events - Lessons can be added to Equipment Failures and NPT's (Non-Productive Time's) through the NPT/Equipment Failure Properties dialog.

Lessons can also be created using the New > Lesson command when the Well, Wellbore, Event, or Completion node is selected in the Well Explorer.

Once created, a Lesson is available from the Associated Data Viewer when the Well is selected in the Well Explorer tree.

Important! Lessons that are associated with a Report must be created within the Report's data entry form.

Access to Lessons can be configured through the EDM Administration Utility, EDM Security node.

Note: Lessons Learned can be queried using EDM Data Analyzer.