Thursday, April 21, 2011

CMMS Upgrade - Lessons Learned

This post will progressively elaborate as the lessons are learned unfold. Focus will be on CMMS planning, scheduling, deliverable management and living with the sins realized throughtout the process of delivering and managing a new CMMS system.


> Perform a feasibility study
> Develop scope and manage as a project - treat like you would treat a capital mechanical project
> Identify and document the intended outputs of the system upgrade
> Identify your true needs and forecasted requirements
> Develop a list of attributes that work well on your current system
> Develop a list of attributes that you would like to change
> Establish an internal project team
> Develop a checklist of items to prove during sandbox phase
> Confirm system reliability and communication pror to going live
> Establish an internal training course based on security level
> Develop a realistic training schedule
> Establish follow-up process to provide support for issues
> More to come...

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