An introduction and practitioners guide to the implementation of Operations Readiness & Assurance, particularly in Oil & Gas Projects.Written by David C. Powell, a time served engineer with 40+ years of experience in Oil & Gas Projects in every type of climate and location worldwide. David has worked in OR&A for more than 12 years for several different major companies.The book describes the history behind the development of Project Management techniques leading to the development of OR&A as a discipline and suggests the best available methods for creating an OR&A capability and implementing the OR&A process on a Project.