Questions

About Questions

In MOC, a Checklist is presented as a list of questions. These questions must be designed such that they identify all relevant impact areas of the change and action items that must be completed for a smooth implementation of the change. Questions must take into consideration various aspects of the change, such as the technical feasibility of the change and its impact on safety.

In the Application Settings for MOC, you can configure a Question with two or more Answer Options. Each Question can be configured to have only one Exception. The Checklist Questions that you created in the Application Settings for MOC are used as a template when adding a Checklist to a Change Project. When you respond to Questions in MOC, based on your configuration for Answer Options, Exceptions are created automatically.

Default Questions in MoC

By default, GE Digital APM provides a set of Questions. These Questions are also associated with Answer Options that are linked to the default Exceptions. The following table lists the default Questions and the associated Answer Options, which you can modify as needed:


MI MOC Checklist Question Records		MI MOC Answer Option Records
Checklist Question ID	Question Text	Answer	Exception
Asset Change	Does the change involve the installation of new or different assets?	Yes	Asset Change
Asset Removal	Does the change require demolition or destruction of existing assets?	Yes	Asset Removal
Chemical Change	Does the change require the use of a toxic, hazardous or ozone depleting chemical?	Yes	Procedural
Controls parameters	Will controls parameters (setpoints, alarm limits, ranges) be impacted by the change project?	Yes	Controls parameters
Drawings/Diagrams	Does the change project affect any drawings or diagrams?	Yes	Update and link all updated drawings and diagrams
Electrical load	Does the change increase electrical loading such that additional PPE or physical barriers would be needed?	Yes	Electrical load
Energy Source	Will the change modify processes or systems involving energy sources (e.g. gravitational, hydraulic, electrical, steam) ?	Yes	Energy Source
Exit Route	Does the change involve changes to existing emergency exit routes, muster areas, etc?	Yes	Exit Route
Flare addition	Will the change result in the possible discharge to a flare, or other destructive mechanism?	Yes	Flare addition
Heights	Will the change add or change working at heights?	Yes	Heights
Ingress/Egress	Will ingress or Egress be affected by the change project?	Yes	Update applicable emergency evacuation routing
Lock out Tag out	Will the change necessitate revision of existing lockout tagout or job safety analyses?	Yes	Lock out Tag out
Machine guarding	Will the change add or modify equipment or machinery requiring physical guarding?	Yes	Machine guarding
Material Storage	Will the change introduce new chemicals or significantly increase the usage or storage of an existing chemical?	Yes	Material Storage
MSDS	Will process chemistry be changed as a result of the change project?	Yes	MSDS
Procedural	Does the change project affect Operating or Maintenance procedures?	Yes	Controls parameters
Process Safety Information	Does the change project affect process safety information?	Yes	Update the process safety information
Process Sewer	Will the change add or modify a discharge to a process sewer?	Yes	Process Sewer
Solid Waste	Will the change generate a new type or increase the volume of solid waste?	Yes	Solid Waste
Storm Drain	Will the change result in a possible discharge to an "outside" storm drain system?	Yes	Storm Drain

Access a Question

About this task

Before You Begin

As needed, modify the MI_MOC_ANS_OPT System Code table, which contains a list of values that populates the Answer box in the Question workspace.

Procedure

Access the MoC Admin page.
In the left pane, select Questions.

A list of available Questions appears.
In the Checklist Question ID column, select the link for the Question that you want to access.
The page for the selected Question appears.

The following information appears on the page:
- Details: This section contains the datasheet for the selected Question.
  Note:
  If you want to modify values in the Details section:
  
  In the upper-right corner of the Questions workspace, select .
  
  The fields on the datasheet are enabled.
  
  As needed, modify the values in the available fields, and then select .
  
  Your changes are saved.
- Answer Options: This subsection contains a row for each Answer Option. Each row contains the following columns of information:
  - Answer: Contains the answer that you selected for the Question.
  - Exception Triggered: Contains the Exception that you selected for the answer in the Answer column.
  Note:
  In the Answer Options subsection, you can perform the following tasks:
  - You can modify the values in the Answer and Exception Triggered boxes. If you want to change the Answer Option to which the Exception is associated, you must first delete the Answer Option with which an Exception is currently associated, and then associate another Answer Option with the Exception.
  - You can select to delete the Answer Option.
  Note: The changes made to Questions in the administrative settings for MOC will not affect the Change Projects that have used the Questions prior to modification.

Create a Question

About this task

Before You Begin

As needed, modify the MI_MOC_ANS_OPT System Code table, which contains a list of values that populates the Answer box in the Question workspace.
Create the Exception that you want to link to an Answer Option in the Question.

Procedure

Access the MoC Admin page.
In the left pane, select Questions.

A list of available Questions appears.
In the upper-left corner of the workspace, select .

A blank datasheet for Question appears in the workspace, displaying the Details section and Answer Options subsection.
In the Question box, enter a unique name for the Question.
In the Description box, enter a description for the Question.
In the Question Text box, enter the text for the Question.
In the Answers Options subsection, select Add Answer Option.

A new row for adding an Answer Option appears, displaying a drop-down list box in the Answer column and a box in the Exception Triggered column.
In the Answer box, select a value for the answer.
If you want to associate the Answer Option with an Exception, complete the following steps:
1. In the row containing the Answer Option, next to the Exception Triggered box, select .
  
  The Exceptions window appears, displaying the list of Exceptions that are available in the database.
2. Select the Exception that you want to associate with the Answer Option, and then select Link.
  
  In the Exception Triggered box, the Exception ID of the selected Exception appears.
Note: For a Question, you can associate only one Answer Option with an Exception. When you associate an Exception with an Answer Option, the button next to the Exception Triggered box is disabled for other Answer Options in the Question.
If you want to add more Answer Options to the Question, repeat steps 8 through 10.
In the upper-right corner of the workspace, select .

The Question is created.

Note: If you save the Question without associating it with at least two Answer Options, the Add Answer Option dialog box appears, asking you to associate the Question with a minimum of two Answer Options.

Results

For each answer that you have included for the question, an Answer Option record is created and associated with the Question.

What to do next

Create a Checklist

Delete a Question

Procedure

Access the MoC Admin page.
In the left pane, select Questions.

A list of available Questions appears.
In the row for each Question that you want to delete, select the check box.

In the upper-right corner of the workspace, the button is enabled.
Select .

The Delete MOC Question dialog box appears, asking you to confirm that you want to delete each selected Question and its association with Checklists.

Note: Deleting Questions in the administrative settings for MOC will not affect the Change Projects that have used the Questions prior to deletion.
Select OK.

The selected Question is deleted and the updated list of Questions appears in the workspace.