JD Solomon
How Context Matters in Successful Asset Management Implementation
The planning phase is complete, so it is time to roll into the implementation phase! Not so fast. It's time to check the organizational...
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J.D. Solomon
Aug 1, 2023
Successful Project Management Software Needs This One Thing!
Project management software has many advantages over using spreadsheets for managing capital projects. These advantages are most powerful...
News
Jul 29, 2023
SessionLab Releases 2023 Facilitation Survey
The 2023 SessionLab survey on facilitation is based on over 1100 responses from facilitators worldwide. Responses came from 93 countries,...
J.D. Solomon
Jun 20, 2023
Why Understanding Organizational Capacity Leads to Asset Management Success
Most organizations fail to get their asset management programs off the ground or struggle to make them sustainable. Success using...
J.D. Solomon
Mar 27, 2023
Safe Water Project Funding Is Impacted by New Cyber Mandates
USEPA’s recently released memorandum interprets existing regulations requiring state oversight of public water systems' cybersecurity...
J.D. Solomon
Dec 12, 2022
Why Minimizing Information Systems Improves Your Asset Management Program
I love data as a reliability engineer. In fact, I consume data like food – and I have a big appetite. The hardest thing to do is to push...
J.D. Solomon
Dec 7, 2022
Controversial Thoughts on Operationalizing Asset Management for Better Results
Are you drowning in the many activities related to what to do in your asset management program? Are you spending valuable resources and...
J.D. Solomon
Sep 3, 2022
Choosing the Right Performance Indicators for Strategic Plans, Asset Management
The idea of anything worth doing is worth measuring is a persistent one. The persistent problem is that measuring performance becomes...
J.D. Solomon
Aug 22, 2022
No Practical Difference Between Strategic Plan and Asset Management Policy
A common question is whether the Board of Directors should approve the Asset Management Policy. The short answer is yes. The longer...
J.D. Solomon
Jun 27, 2022
How Much Money Is Needed to Deliver a Capital Project Program?
The answer is somewhere between 5 to 18 percent of constructed project costs. And it is more complicated than simply the percentages. If...
J.D. Solomon
Jan 7, 2022
Observed in Practice: 5 Reasons for Choosing a New Enterprise Asset Management System
Organizations change their Enterprise Asset Management System (EAMS) or Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) many reasons....
JD Solomon
Jan 4, 2022
Ask the Experts Revisited: Improving CMMS and PMIS Systems
The observations provided in this session two years ago are applicable today. Many thanks to Kathryn Benson and Wayne Littman for...
J.D. Solomon
Nov 1, 2021
Seven Tips to Improve Your CMMS
Business support software like work management, asset management, capital program management, and billing management have more in common...
J.D. Solomon
Oct 29, 2021
Improving Strategic Plans
Most organizations have weak Strategic Plans. It is easy to lose focus if your Mission, Vision, Values, and Strategic Goals fall into...
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