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DSM — Offshore Wind Farm Delivery

Fourteen design and commissioning activities for a 1.2 GW offshore wind farm listed by contract package, computing that package order forces 14 rework loops against 3 in the partitioned sequence and isolating the four-way grid-connection loop (consent, export cable, onshore connection, offshore substation) and the vessel-schedule/installation-sequence pair.

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Offshore wind farm — design and commissioningProcess DSM · IR/FAD — read across a row for that element's inputs; marks above the diagonal are feedback.As declared333222322222222232223333332Foundation design1Array cable layout2Offshore substation3Export cable route4Onshore connection5Turbine selection6Turbine commissioning7Grid compliance tests8Consent conditions9Vessel schedule10Installation sequence11Handover to O&M12Met-ocean survey13Geotechnical survey14Foundation designArray cable layoutOffshore substationExport cable routeOnshore connectionTurbine selectionTurbine commissioningGrid compliance testsConsent conditionsVessel scheduleInstallation sequenceHandover to O&MMet-ocean surveyGeotechnical surveyPartitioned sequence33322232222222223222333333212Met-ocean survey1Turbine selection2Geotechnical survey3Foundation design4Array cable layout5Consent conditions6Onshore connection7Export cable route8Offshore substation9Vessel schedule10Installation sequence11Turbine commissioning12Grid compliance tests13Handover to O&M14Met-ocean surveyTurbine selectionGeotechnical surveyFoundation designArray cable layoutConsent conditionsOnshore connectionExport cable routeOffshore substationVessel scheduleInstallation sequenceTurbine commissioningGrid compliance testsHandover to O&Minout051311332222232233324232213014 feedback marks reduced to 3 across 2 iteration blocks.14 activities · 31 dependency marks · density 17% · 9 sequenced stages · largest block 4Sequence runs top-left to bottom-right; 3 remaining feedback marks sit inside the boxed blocks.Highest fan-out: Met-ocean survey (feeds 5) · highest fan-in: Installation sequence (needs 4)Block 1 · positions 6–9 · Consent conditions, Onshore connection, Export cable route, Offshore substationBlock 2 · positions 10–11 · Vessel schedule, Installation sequencedependencystrength 3feedback (rework)iteration blockdiagonal (self)

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title "Offshore wind farm — design and commissioning"
mode process
convention ir-fad

# Listed by contract package — balance of plant, turbine supply, grid,
# marine, then the surveys everything else actually starts from.
activities: Foundation design, Array cable layout, Offshore substation, Export cable route
activities: Onshore connection, Turbine selection, Turbine commissioning, Grid compliance tests
activities: Consent conditions, Vessel schedule, Installation sequence, Handover to O&M
activities: Met-ocean survey, Geotechnical survey

Geotechnical survey   <- Met-ocean survey
Turbine selection     <- Met-ocean survey(3)
Foundation design     <- Geotechnical survey(3), Turbine selection(3), Met-ocean survey(2)
Array cable layout    <- Foundation design(2), Turbine selection(2)
Export cable route    <- Onshore connection(3), Consent conditions(2)
Offshore substation   <- Array cable layout(2), Export cable route(2), Onshore connection(2)
Onshore connection    <- Consent conditions(2), Offshore substation(2)
Consent conditions    <- Met-ocean survey(2), Export cable route(2)
Vessel schedule       <- Foundation design(2), Installation sequence(3), Met-ocean survey(2)
Installation sequence <- Foundation design(2), Array cable layout(2), Offshore substation, Vessel schedule(3)
Turbine commissioning <- Installation sequence(3), Offshore substation(3), Turbine selection
Grid compliance tests <- Turbine commissioning(3), Onshore connection(3)
Handover to O&M       <- Grid compliance tests(3), Turbine commissioning(2), Vessel schedule