The popularity of Laptop computers has dramatically increased because of their portability, low cost and increasing competitiveness with Workstations and mini-computers’ performance. As a result, many organizations are beginning to migrate their engineering applications to Laptop Computers. In 1994 Schlumberger Dowell started to migrate the full suite of mini-computer based CADE (Computer Aided Design and Evaluation) applications to Laptop computers. This paper chronicles the issues faced and resolved during the successful migration of the software.

Keywords:
software, strategic planning and management, permanent employee, cade software, computer, migration project, install kit, artificial intelligence, upstream oil & gas, project management
Subjects:
Strategic Planning and Management, Information Management and Systems, Project management, Artificial intelligence
Copyright 1996, Society of Petroleum Engineers
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