Four ways Polarion requirements management software improves engineering efficiency at Shell

With widespread use in transportation fuels, industrial products, and consumer goods, oil and gas remains a major player in both the energy sector and the global economy

However, pressure grows by the month for oil and gas businesses to improve their engineering and capital project efficiency, reduce operating costs and optimize sustainability—all amidst rising economic volatility.

Considering this seemingly never-ending convergence of challenges, how can oil and gas businesses thrive and grow profits? It begins with adopting integrated requirements management software to streamline and optimize project execution.

As presented in this on-demand webinar by the legendary oil and gas company, Shell, there are four important ways adopting Polarion REQUIREMENTS software helped their business optimize engineering efficiency at all lifecycle stages across projects, facilities and enterprises. Scroll down to watch video highlights.

1. Shell uses Polarion REQUIREMENTS software to capture & centralize technical standards & engineering processes

With its vast global operations, Shell uses Polarion REQUIREMENTS software to gather, manage, link and continuously verify project requirements throughout all lifecycle stages.

As discussed in the video clip below by Steffan Wiersing, Engineering Lead at Shell plc, a crucial use case is capturing specifications and standards and reusing them across projects.

The benefit? Critical design requirements and learned lessons are embedded into future global engineering projects.

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2. Requirements management software streamlines Shell’s specification creation, completion & audits

Specifications are detailed descriptions of how project requirements are met. Using requirements management software, Shell’s engineering teams have adopted a data-centric approach to monitor and audit specifications, ensuring completion.

Watch the clip to learn how Shell:

• Uses Polarion REQUIRMENTS to develop functional or equipment specifications
• Reuses existing specifications from previous projects
• Flags specifications for additional verification, such as safety-critical requirements, helping streamline license approval processes to operate in different countries

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3. Linking verification tasks to requirements improves project efficiency & helps enable continuous compliance

Verification is a cornerstone of Shell’s requirements management strategy. Linking verification tasks to requirements helps ensure key project milestones are completed while helping maintain compliance.

Watch the clip for an overview of how Shell’s verification management approach optimizes project efficiency, execution and collaboration with contractors.

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4. A data-centric requirements management approach optimizes decision-making across project lifecycles

Innovative oil and gas businesses, such as Shell, have transformed requirements management processes from document-centric to data-centric across the entire project lifecycle.

Hear a Shell Engineering Lead describing the benefits of data-driven requirements management, including:

• Increased project agility and collaboration throughout the project lifecycle, particularly amongst systems engineers
• Reduced project risks from their risk-based requirements selection approach
• Improved project handovers and safer asset startups by ensuring project requirements are met

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Ready to learn more about Shell’s requirements management approach? Watch the webinar.

In today’s highly demanding oil and gas business landscape, enhancing engineering collaboration and project execution is more crucial than ever.

By using a digital tool like Polarion REQUIREMENTS, oil and gas innovators like Shell are setting new standards for data-centric efficiency and collaboration throughout complete project lifecycles while retiring yesterday’s document-centric processes.

Interested in hearing more about Shell’s requirements management approach? Watch the full webinar.