UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPT
Reliability-centred maintenance starts with required function in a defined operating context. The team identifies functional failures and credible failure modes, then examines effects and consequences before selecting applicable tasks or other actions.
A useful workshop includes people who operate, maintain and understand the design. Avoid beginning with a list of favourite technologies. A task should have a defensible connection to the failure mechanism and a meaningful response when a defect is found. Keep assumptions and unresolved evidence gaps visible.
Questions to take back to your team
- Is the required function measurable?
- Have operating conditions and failure consequences been recorded?
- What evidence supports the proposed task?
Further reading
Explore the primary references below. Requirements and applicability depend on your organization and jurisdiction.
