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AMMJDSM Planning and Scheduling 54to column 2.5. These tasks willform another block in the matrixas shown in Figure 6.Figure 6The Final Partitioned Matrix2. Powers of the AdjacencyMatrix MethodWe convert the active matrix asshown in Figure 5 into a binarymatrix by replacing the “X” marksby “1” and all other empty cellswith “0”. Raising the DSM to the4th power reveals that tasks 1.1,1.3, 2.5, 3.3, 3.6, 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3are involved in a 4 step circuit.This is indicated by a “1” entryfor the tasks along the diagonalof the matrix as shown in Figure7. In the resultant square matrix,cells with a value greater thanone are replaced by a value ofone.Raising the matrix to the 5thpower reveals that the DSM isnot involved in any other circuitsindicated by the “0” along thediagonal of the matrix. By usingtrial and error to determine whichtasks are involved in which circuit,we will condense (schedule aftereach other) all the tasks in eachcircuit to form two blocks. Thefirst involves tasks 1.1, 1.3, 3.3and 3.6 and the second blockinvolves tasks 2.5, 4.1, 4.2 and4.3. We will convert the binarymatrix back to the active matrixas shown in Figure 6.Figure 7The Binary Matrix Raised to the 4 th Power3. Reachability Matrix MethodWe will construct a table asshown in Table 1 listing the inputelements, output elements, theintersection of the input andoutput sets for each elementand the level of hierarchy. Wecan observe from the column ofthe input elements that elements1.2, 3.1, 3.2, 5.1 and 5.2 are inthe top level hierarchy becausethe input values of these elements are equal to the intersection values. We will remove these elements from the tableand continue until we reach the corresponding input & output values as shown in Table 2. We will rearrange the originalDSM, and schedule the elements starting with the top level hierarchy through to the 11th level hierarchy elements asshown in Figure 6. The circuits we identified will form two blocks in the DSM. The first involves tasks 1.1, 1.3, 3.3, 3.6and the second block involves tasks 2.5, 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3.ConclusionsDSM is a new approach to asset management, used to represent, analyse dependencies among tasks and showthe order in which tasks are preformed. This approach provides a way of managing feedbacks. The outcome frompartitioning the DSM is a faster development process that can be done by optimizing the availability of information.From the case study, we can see that the number of feedbacks in the petroleum oil field development project have beenreduced, hence reducing the project cost significantly.In general, the DSM methods can be applied to identify loops/circuits for project planning and scheduling improvement.When the number of tasks involved in the project is small, the Path Searching method can be done effectively. If the projectVol 25 No 1