Evaluation of the importance of the 39 subjects defined by the Global Forum for Maintenance and Asset Management

Abstract

The Global Forum on Maintenance and Asset Management (GFMAM) was formed in 2011 to bring together various experts, practitioners, academics, and other professionals who are active in the field of asset and maintenance management. The primary mission of GFMAM is to develop and promote knowledge, standards, and education for the maintenance and asset management professions. To fulfil this mission, GFMAM developed an ‘Asset Management Landscape’ document, which defines 39 subjects on asset management, grouped into six main subject areas. This paper reports on two surveys that were conducted to determine the importance of the 39 asset management subjects. Respondents were requested to rate the importance of each of the 39 subjects on a five-point scale. Results from the survey indicated that the five most important subjects are ‘asset management strategy and objectives’, ‘asset management policy’, ‘strategic planning’, ‘asset management planning’, and ‘asset management leadership’.

Die ‘Global Forum on Maintenance and Asset Management’ (GFMAM) is in 2011 gestig om verskeie kundiges, praktisyns, akademici, en ander professionele persone wat betrokke is in die kundigheidsarea van bate- en instandhoudingsbestuur met mekaar in kontak te bring. Die hoofdoelwit van GFMAM is om kennis, standaarde, en opleiding te bevorder in die instandhouding- en batebestuursprofessies. Ten einde hierdie doelwit te bereik het die GFMAM ’n batebestuur landskap dokument ontwikkel. Die dokument bevat ’n lys van 39 kundigheidsareas wat in ses hoof onderwerpareas gegroepeer is. Hierdie artikel bespreek die resultate van twee opnames wat uitgevoer is om die belangrikheid van die 39 kundigheidsareas te bepaal. Respondente is versoek om die belangrikehid van elk van die 39 areas te verskaf op ’n 5-punt skaal. Volgens die opname is die vyf belangrikste onderwerpareas ‘batebestuur strategie en doelwitte’, ‘batebestuur beleid’, ‘strategiese beplanning’, ‘batebestuur beplanning’, en ‘batebestuur leierskap’.