Planning of an AMS Implementation Based on ISO 55001
What the exam tests
Clause 6 of ISO 55001 - actions to address risks and opportunities, asset management objectives, and planning to achieve them - plus how those outputs sit alongside the implementation project plan. Candidates lose marks by confusing the two.
Core rules
- Policy (clause 5) provides the framework: appropriate to the organization's purpose, commitment to satisfy applicable requirements and to continual improvement, communicated and available to interested parties.
- Risks and opportunities are assessed for the AMS itself, not only for physical assets; actions are integrated into AMS processes and evaluated for effectiveness.
- Objectives must be consistent with policy, measurable where practicable, monitored, communicated and updated; they consider legal and other requirements, risks, and financial and business consequences.
- Planning to achieve objectives states what will be done, what resources, who is responsible, the timeframe and how results are evaluated.
- Implementation project plan covers work breakdown, milestones, RACI, budget, training, data migration, change management and dependencies.
Worked example
Policy commits to "safe, reliable service at least whole-life cost". Objective: "reduce the safety-critical maintenance backlog by 50% by 31 December", owner: head of maintenance, resource: two FTE planners, measure: backlog ageing report reviewed monthly. The project plan separately schedules the CMMS data cleanse needed to measure it. Reasoning: the objective passes the measurable/owned/resourced test; project tasks are not objectives.
Traps
Writing the policy as a mission statement; unmeasurable objectives such as "improve reliability"; treating asset failure risk as the only AMS risk; objectives with no owner or resource; letting the SAMP duplicate the project plan.