Challenges in smart grid project execution a manager's view

1. Challenges in Smart
Grid Project
Execution
Solution to address the challenges

2. Agenda:
• When Grid become Smart?
• Challenges to develop smart grid solution
• Various approach taken to improve the situation
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3. ABB in smart grid horizon
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Ventyx – an ABB company Source : GTM Research

4. When Grid Become Smart…
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5. Smart Grid market trend….
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6. Smart Grid focus areas.
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7. Smart Grid solutions
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Source ABB

8. Smart Grid solutions
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9. Solution to make Grid Smart
Source: ABB
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10. Why to Make Grid Smart….
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11. How to make Grid Smart?
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12. Aspects influences Smart Grid Projects
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13. Influences of Internet of Things on Smart Grid
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14. Building right solution through right product
development approach
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15. Build and Inject Agility into the system:
Mantra for successful product development
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16. Follow Value Based Delivery model
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17. Controlled stage gate model to develop right
product
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18. Ideation flow integrated with Stage gate
development model
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19. Building step by step right and quality
product- Incremental development
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20. Smart User Interface for controlling the future
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21. Predicting future through technology..
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22. Challenges with aging infrastructure
• Aging is inevitable,
and the electricity
grid is no exception a
impediment for
smart gird project
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23. Deploy gamification to increase stakeholder
engagement
• Build Fun ,play
and work
concept into
the system
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24. Stake holder management with extreme
collaboration
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25. Cyber security Responsibility
Vendors should establish
policies and processes for:
• Threat modeling the
architectures and
designs
• Source code validation
• Product testing
• System testing
• Patch validation
• Antivirus validation
• Vulnerability
management and
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26. Key takeaway: Few steps we have taken
to achieve desire result
 Develop right product with excellent requirement
engineering
 Build and sustain a Strong Product management team
 Controlled product development model (standardized)
 Innovation framework for ideation to market release
 Build and inject agility into the system(Increase
Operational excellency)
 Increase engagement through gamification
 Cyber security compliance
 Serve few tough customer
 Extreme collaboration with stakeholders
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27. Q&A
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