The operating environment of the business forms the base of the requirements statement we will need to define through this process. During this step we need to be defining what the physical and corporate environment factors are that affect our selection of system. Although somewhat tedious and, mos assume, straight forward. This is a pivotal part of our process.
Operating context definitions may include, but are definitely not restricted to:
* How many sites are we going to implement the system in ?
* What systems exist today that will need to stay in place? (Therefore what are the interfacing / integrating requirements?)
* What is the IT platform of our corporation?
1. (This point reveals something else in CMMS implementation that is of critical importance. Do not allow the implementation to become hijacked or derailed by interference from IT departments. As always we need to attempt to focus our attention on the overall benefits we will gain in the arenas of maintenance management, reliability of our physical assets and optimization of the use of our human assets.)
* How do our people work? (Rostering or shift arrangements, local or remote sites etc)
* What are our equipment classification types? (Many or few?)
* What are the current and future requirements for reliability focussed functions such as condition monitoring?
This area is obviously a large one and one that needs to be treated seriously as it forms the base, along with our ROI and cost statements, of our overall efforts.
Operating context definitions may include, but are definitely not restricted to:
* How many sites are we going to implement the system in ?
* What systems exist today that will need to stay in place? (Therefore what are the interfacing / integrating requirements?)
* What is the IT platform of our corporation?
1. (This point reveals something else in CMMS implementation that is of critical importance. Do not allow the implementation to become hijacked or derailed by interference from IT departments. As always we need to attempt to focus our attention on the overall benefits we will gain in the arenas of maintenance management, reliability of our physical assets and optimization of the use of our human assets.)
* How do our people work? (Rostering or shift arrangements, local or remote sites etc)
* What are our equipment classification types? (Many or few?)
* What are the current and future requirements for reliability focussed functions such as condition monitoring?
This area is obviously a large one and one that needs to be treated seriously as it forms the base, along with our ROI and cost statements, of our overall efforts.
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