UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPT
A weekly schedule is a commitment between maintenance and operations about executable work. Start with priorities and operating windows, then check material, skills, tools and dependencies. Filling every available hour with low-confidence work produces a fragile plan.
Freeze a reference schedule at an agreed point and record later changes with reasons. Compare completed scheduled hours with the original committed hours using a documented metric. Break-in emergency work should remain visible so the team can understand what displaced the plan.
Questions to take back to your team
- Who agrees the operating windows?
- When is the reference schedule frozen?
- Are additions and removals recorded with reasons?
Further reading
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