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4 CONCLUSION
TheaimofthisstudywastodescribeDSAinasubsea
operation. Therefore, an observation was conducted
on board a subsea vessel during a live operation in
the North Sea. Afterwards, CDM interviews were
performed with all participants following the DSA
framework.TheDSAofthesubsea
surveyoperation
was described through a combination of HTA,
observation transcripts, interview citation and
propositional network. These altogether provided a
basicunderstandingofDSAduringasubseapipeline
survey. Moreover, it was found conducive to utilize
thedesignatedmethodinsuchanunknown,complex
anddynamicscenario.
Primarily the results
show that the SA is
distributed locally within the distinct departments
between agents and artefacts. Moreover, most DSA
wasfoundtooccuramongagentsinvolvedinsimilar
tasks, such as the RP & RC. Furthermore, it was
uncoveredthatmostinformationdistributedbetween
the Bridge and ONCR concerned the sub tasks
of
Navigation, more specifically, regarding vessel
positionmovesandenvironmentalconditions.
4.1 Contributionoftheresearch
This study explored the specialized subsea segment
whichstillisconsideraminor butimportantpartof
the maritime industry. As two thirds of the earth is
covered by water and the developments in
the
maritime industry with the aim to explore areas
farther offshore, subsea operations are expected to
increaseinthefuture.Consequently,itcanbeargued
that this study contributes to creating a platform to
explore the dynamic and complex subsea survey
operations by describing DSA in different phases.
Finally, the study
provides a framework that allows
researchers to explore the segment even further for
systemdesignandtrainingpurposes.
4.2 Futureresearch
Limitedresearch exists regarding DSA in the subsea
segment. Due to the generalizability of the results
within the specific segment, this study provides a
frameworkforfutureresearchto
buildon.Thefuture
research directions can benefit from analyzing
operations in complex and demanding operations
such as above and with the greater understanding
related to the roles assigned to different agents and
the system design can be optimized for the same.
Thus, opening for the utilization of the same
methodology
in a great variety of maritime
operations.
While this study focused on a few key agents
involved in subsea pipeline survey, other subsea
operations can be considered even more complex as
they include far more people and artefacts. Such an
operation could be subsea construction which adds
the subsea crane
interaction to the system. In
addition,suchoperationscanincludeseveralvessels
and ROVs operating in close vicinity while
collaborating to achieve their common goal. By
adaptingthemethodologyutilizedinthisresearchthe
DSA of such operations could be analysed at the
system level. Moreover, it could highlight the
strengths
and weaknesses of the system that
ultimately can lead to improving the safety and
efficiencyoftheoperation.
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