Let's discuss when and why you need to or don't need to conduct a criticality analysis.

1. Nancy Regan
Is a Criticality Analysis
Is a Criticality Analysis
required
required to identify
to identify
RCM candidates?
RCM candidates?

2. Nope!
Nope!
2/10

3. When you're just
starting out, the best
assets to analyze
using RCM are those
that are causing you
the most "pain."
3/10

4. In other words,
choose equipment
that has chronic
downtime, high
operating costs, or
high maintenance
manhours, for
example.
4/10

5. The key is to start
with systems that
offer the biggest
opportunity to
produce
meaningful results.
Why?
5/10

6. So you can prove
the strength of RCM
to stakeholders.
That's how you'll get
more money and
more support to do
more RCM analyses.
6/10

7. I'm willing to bet that
you can name at
least three systems
right now that are
causing you the
most problems.
Start with those!
7/10

8. You don't have to
spend valuable
resources performing
a system-level
criticality analysis to
tell you what you
already know.
8/10

9. Choose RCM
candidates wisely.
Do RCM properly.
Show great results.
Implement them.
Rinse and repeat.
9/10

10. Thank you for
reading!
Nancy Regan
10/10