Modern well planning requires extensive collaboration from multiple domains to design and execute increasingly complex wells. The iterative process requires many specialists and their respective engineering tools, to collaborate in the pursuit of an optimal design for a given well objective. The growth of these specialisms has, in many cases, led to a fragmented landscape that hinders efficiency, coherency and comprehensive risk assessment.

This paper highlights the intricate interactions between sub-domains in well planning, emphasizing the need for a more holistic approach. It continues to introduce a new transformative solution that enables engineers to streamline design iterations, seamlessly collaborate and focus on a broad range of design concepts. Central to this, is an interconnected framework that synchronizes all well design elements and their corresponding operational activities. By introducing key concepts like the "effective wellbore geometry" and "automated engineering analysis " we aim to demonstrate how this sophisticated infrastructure can automatically generate engineering simulations, to provide instant design validation to end users. The holistic, cross-dominant nature of these validations is unprecedented and opens the door to a true step change in planning efficiency and quality.

The paper later identifies some challenges and solutions associated with user collaboration in a cloud native application; striking a balance between freedom to experiment and seamless data sharing with team members. Exploring collaboration models further, concepts such as multi-plan comparison and advanced sensitivity analyses are introduced and described in detail.

Lastly, the technology and concepts that enable the generation and delivery of an "automated drilling program " are highlighted. This notable innovation promises significant potential time saving and improvements to the coherency of documentation typically generated as the culmination of the planning effort.