Interface Management

Interface is a situation, way, or place where two or more things come together and affect each other that is a common boundary of interaction between systems or work groups.

Project Interface is the connection points between parties or elements. The Project Interfaces are needed to all entities are working towards the common and agreed goals for all parties, which is the completion of the Project successfully. As more individuals and contractors work together, there is an increasing chance for miscommunication, lack of communication, or the inability to stay within scope, budget and schedule. Proactive Interface Management will deliver lower risk and leads to project success.

Interface Management is the activities of defining, controlling, and communicating the information needed at the common boundary where direct contact between two different cultures, devices, entities, environments, systems, etc., when working with multiple contractors, subcontractors, and clients. The Interface Management is a systematic implementation work process on the project including the streamline communications, identifies critical interfaces, and monitors ongoing work progress while mitigating risks. (Refer to the Project Interface)

Interface Management System is a systematic methodology enlisted when working with multiple contractors, subcontractors, and clients that incorporates the work processes, people, systems, and tools to deliver effective interface management to the projects. The Interface Management System is to identify interface, to resolve issues between parties; to avoid ambiguity and divergence among the project participants by defining the detailed scope of work; to identify the distribution of the work; to establish the exchange of information; to create formal interface agreements; to track each interface issue to resolution in real time through an online management system.

Interconnection is a connection or physical linking between system networks that enables to connect with equipment or facilities in time of need.

Interconnection Diagram is a detailed diagram of the connection points of piping, structures, and cables at the battery limit. The Interconnection Diagram is a deliverable document of the Detailed Design and Engineering developed by disciplines. (e.g., Piping, CSI (Control Systems and Instrumentation), etc.)

Interface Control Drawing (ICD) is a drawing of all interface information of physical and functional interfaces that specifies the interface requirements of the participating systems in a common boundary. The Interface Control Drawing provides the coordinate and control interfaces between related systems including mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, configuration, installation, operational sequence requirements, etc.

Human Machine Interface (HMI) is a graphic based visualisation of an industrial control and monitoring system that is a software application demonstrating information to an operator or a user about the state of a process, and to accept and implement the operator control instructions. An HMI presents an interface, human vs. machine interaction to effective operation and control of the machine by human in a manufacturing or process control system. (e.g., the programmable automation controller (PAC), programmable logic controller (PLC), distributed control system (DCS), or supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system, etc.) An HMI was previously called the Man Machine Interface (MMI).

Man Machine Interface (MMI) is a software application in the industrial design of human–computer interaction. A MMI presents information to an operator or a user about the state of a process with the control system. (Also, called as the Human Machine Interface (HMI))

User Interface refers to the HMI (Human Machine Interface).