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A case of dynamic risk management in the subarctic region
(Chapter, 2017)A newly installed Floating Production Storage and Off-loading unit (FPSO) recently started its production from the first oil field in the Barents Sea. This is a climatically sensitive area with increasing mari-time activity ... -
At least as safe as manned shipping? Autonomous shipping, safety and “human error”
(Chapter, 2018)A paradigm shift is presently underway in the shipping industry promising safer, greener and more efficient ship traffic with unmanned, autonomous vessels. In this article, we will look at some of these promises. The ... -
Automation of the Rail – Removing the Human Factor?
(Chapter, 2018)Digitalization is a global change affecting a variety of social conditions and businesses. In addition to changing products and services in businesses and the labour market, digitalization will also create radically new ... -
Barriers and Success Factors for Continuous Improvement Efforts in Complex ETO Firms
(Chapter, 2018)This paper focuses on the factors that may influence the implementation of continuous improvement efforts, in an Engineer-to-Order (ETO) manufacturing setting. In general, one-of-a-kind production nature and temporary ... -
Big Data in Construction Management Research
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Developing a Social Innovation Methodology in the Web 2.0 Era
(Chapter, 2018)The world is facing a growing number of societal challenges such as inequality rise, political upheaval, ageing population, etc. Governments are struggling to keep up to theirs existing service offers, making it difficult ... -
Failure rates of safety critical equipment based on inventory attributes
(Chapter, 2018)Reliable failure rate estimates of safety critical equipment is crucial for verifying performance requirements and for trending the safety performance of the equipment. Joint industry efforts, like OREDA, Exida and PDS ... -
Holistic Design of Visual Collaboration Arenas and Intelligent Workspaces
(Chapter, 2017)Future industrial and societal projects must be designed for sustainable operations, evolutionary capabilities, and business operations. To exploit the potential of digitalization, we must design practical cases and roles, ... -
Improving SMEs - A study on knowledge transfer between Norway and Poland
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Learning in the Large - An Exploratory Study of Retrospectives in Large-Scale Agile Development
(Chapter, 2018)Many see retrospectives as the most important practice of agile software development. Previous studies of retrospectives have focused on pro- cess and outcome at team level. In this article, we study how a large-scale agile ... -
Multicultural workplaces: A state of the art study of the Norwegian construction industry
(Chapter, 2018)A multi-method case study, including interviews, a survey and participatory observations, was undertaken to describe opportunities and challenges related to multicultural workplaces in the Norwegian construction industry, ... -
Overcoming Barriers Against Interaction on Innovation Capabilities Within and Between SMEs
(Chapter, 2018)Handling metadata and module-based capabilities are enablers for radical new ways of interaction within and between small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in terms of innovation. A challenge in this often complex actor ... -
Performance Measurement in Sensorized Sociotechnical Manufacturing Environments
(Chapter, 2018)Industry 4.0 entails the digitization of the shopfloor operations combining technologies such as internet of things-enabled sensing, cyber-physical systems, data analytics, augmented reality, and wearable devices and robots ... -
Registration of MR to Percutaneous Ultrasound of the Spine for Image-Guided Surgery
(Chapter, 2014)One of the main limitations of today’s navigation systems for spine surgery is that they often are not available until after the bone surface has been exposed. Also, they lack the capability of soft tissue imaging, both ... -
Rethinking Coordination in Large-Scale Software Development
(Chapter, 2018)Coordination was early identified as a key challenge in software development, and in particular in large development projects. With the arrival of agile methods and their increasing use also in large-scale projects, this ... -
Risk based regulation and certification of autonomous transport systems
(Chapter; Conference object; Peer reviewed, 2018)Autonomous transport systems in all modes—road (i.e. autonomous cars), aviation (i.e. drones), shipping and rail are coming. Regulation and testing are on-going in Norway. Risks of autonomous systems are uncertain due to ... -
Risk management in anchor-handling operations: the balance between control and autonomy
(Chapter, 2015)The purpose of this paper is to explore different safety cultures in anchor-handling operations in the Norwegian offshore petroleum industry; how the crew and management cope with both critical and dan-gerous operations, ... -
Sensemaking and resilience in safety-critical situations: a literature review
(Chapter, 2018)Recent accidents and near-accidents, such as the capsizing of the anchor handling vessel Bourbon Dolphin in 2007 and the unintended list of the drilling rig Scarabeo 8 in 2012, underline the need for addressing sensemaking ... -
Societal threat landscapes of petroleum industry activity in the high north
(Chapter, 2018)Today, industrial and societal systems interact and become more complex than ever, and hidden, dynamic and emerging threats and vulnerabilities evolve. By observing the petroleum activity in the north (west Barents Sea) ...