PIMM - Pilot for Industrial Mobile communication in Mining
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| Coordinator | RISE SICS AB - SICS Kista |
| Funding from Vinnova | SEK 9 533 000 |
| Project duration | June 2015 - June 2017 |
| Status | Completed |
Purpose and goal
A variety of technologies have been successfully tested and evaluated very carefully in the project, as well as several applications made possible by the technologies. The project has also created opportunities and demonstrated brand new markets for services in industrial mobile communications. Here are many new business opportunities. The project also shows good opportunities to improve both safety and productivity through reliable and robust mobile communications. There are also possible energy savings, for example through smart ventilation and the use of wireless sensors.
Expected results and effects
The project has created new collaborations within the Swedish business community that had not previously existed. In addition, the project has delivered a demonstration environment in the Kankberg mine with a state-of-the-art mobile network. A variety of applications have been tested and evaluated, from connected sensors, smartphones and positioning with good accuracy to wheel loader remote control. Long-term effects are expected to be new markets for industrial products and services as well as improved productivity, security and competitiveness.
Planned approach and implementation
The project has been planned and very successfully implemented using agaile methods, mainly according to Scrum methodology and meetings based on shared electronic Kanban boards. Furthermore, several user stories have been analyzed in retrospective meetings by the teams. The methodology is familiar with many software development projects, but in PIMM it has proven to be very effective also in project with very little software development and collaboration that is distributed across many organizational boundaries and geographically widely spread.