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In this summary video, Ross discusses the following subtopics: assessing the status of your asset management planidentifying your improvement actionsprioritizing those actionsdeveloping an improvement plandelivering that improvement planmonitoring the outcomes Watch Ross gave a quick overview …
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The people making the decisions around funding want to know how confident are you on the data you have used to develop the expenditure forecasts projected in your asset management plan. In this video, Ross provides details on: significant assumptions you need to consider in your asset …
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Ross says this topic creates a linking section in your Asset Management Plan, describing how you organize yourself to delivering an asset management plan using to best practices in the industry. The Business Processes and Practices topic matches in some degree what IPWEA published in the …
In the course of making your infrastructure asset management plan, knowing the planning assumptions and confidence levels enhances your planning projections, which this summary video explains. In this video, Ross presents the issues that will arise when you start about thinking your planning …
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How knowledgeable are you about the business processes and practices in infrastructure asset management? Watch the "Business Processes and Practices – Summary Series" video and enhance your knowledge through Ross' whiteboard session. In this video, Ross presents an overview of the topic …
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In the previous post "How To Define Levels of Service with the Community", Ross shared their experience in New Zealand. He continued explaining the importance of determining the customer and technical levels of service levels. Ross explained: So when we first developed service levels, what …
One question posed was about an example of a system to define levels of service with communities. It seems like a great collaboration in theory but not necessarily easy to do in practice, the participant commented. Heather replied: I would say that’s probably true, that it is a little bit …
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A participant expressed: I’ve seen many guides to asset management. Many of which are very similar to others. Is there one guide, internationally or nationally, that is usually seen as the model for asset management? And if not, what are two or three of the most commonly used guides, domestically …
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Heather mentioned that it is important the infrastructure manager must determine what you are going to use the software for. She added that one should seek the software and evaluate whether you’ll be able to tell if what you’re looking at matches what it is you want to do. Then in this way …
A participant asked what the most user-friendly software they can use in their infrastructure asset management practice is. Ross said that the primary question should be “What outputs do I need for my asset system?” instead of asking about a user-friendly software. He advised that once you are …
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What are the items included in preparing your financial summary and funding? How will you classify and detail expenditures? What are the other infrastructure asset management planning items to be considered in developing financial funding? In the "Financial Summary and Funding - FULL …
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In the previous post titled "Best Asset Management Practice — Improving Preventive Maintenance", Ross shared his insights from his consulting experiences in New Zealand. Heather continued the discussion. Heather: I would just mention that one of the things to think about with your system …
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