Explanation
Storyboards and Storybooks
Often,
projects are executed more efficiently
when all stakeholders have a similar
vision of the end objective and more
importantly the pathway to achieve the
objective. When projects are still in
planning and concept phases it is difficult
for the project sponsor to vividly convey
project development concepts to the
stakeholders. In these circumstances,
Project Navigator’s engineers
and scientists work in conjunction with
our in-house graphic design staff. The
project is dissected into discrete steps,
and then “storyboards” are
created for each major project phase.
Each storyboard will vary in the degree
of complexity and early renditions are
often produced quickly and injected
into the project team for instinctive
feedback and alignment behind a concept.
The second series of storyboards are
more accurate and may attempt to capture
engineering details.
Project
Navigator employs the storyboard approach
when it is necessary to analyze project
logistics from start to finish. Individual
storyboards can be bound into a storybook,
thereby creating an illustration book
of project execution events in a single
location. Often each plate in the storybook
captures more information than the particular
images for that project stage. For example
next to the images, Project Navigator
has captured specific project information
such as schedule, data gaps, costs,
cost savings opportunities and risks.
Additional
information on the use of Storyboards
can be found at efxWorks.com.
Case Studies:
- After
conceptually evaluating how a remedy
construction effort may proceed, Project
Navigator converted our engineering
assessment into an Implementation
Storybook. Individual storyboards
from within the book were used in
presentations to regulatory agencies.
- Storyboards
have been created from a groundwater
plume scenario, which will require
management. The storyboards rapidly
convey the concepts of treatment versus
plume containment.
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