A knowledge‐based approach to maintenance project planning

Moynihan, Gary P.; Bowers, Jon H.; Fonseca, Daniel J.; Ray, Paul S.

doi:10.1111/1468-0394.00194

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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“…The concept of maintenance consists of different functions. For instance, within the manufacturing environment, the functions include maintenance of existing machinery, diagnosis of existing plant equipment, equipment inspection, maintenance of existing plant utilities, completion of repairs within a timely fashion and protection of the operator by safeguarding the plant (Moynihan et al, 2002). Within the construction environment, maintenance includes all the services that are required to assure that the building will perform the functions for which it was designed and constructed (Laila, 2015).…”

Section: Project Maintenance Managementmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Examining critical project management skills for successful delivery of major maintenance projects: insights from the United Kingdom energy sector

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Agyekum²,

Manu³

et al. 2022

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PurposeMajor maintenance projects are often regarded as maintenance activities regardless of the projects' complexity and scale. Consequently, very scarce research attention has hitherto been paid to the critical skills required when undertaking these projects. More specifically, the body of relevant knowledge is deprived of a study focusing on maintenance projects within the energy sector. In view of this shortcoming, this research aims to examine the critical project management (PM) skills required to deliver major maintenance projects within the energy sector.Design/methodology/approachBased on a quantitative research strategy, this study addressed the knowledge gap through a cross-sectional survey of professionals involved in the delivery of major maintenance projects in the United Kingdom's (UK) energy sector. Data obtained were analyzed via descriptive (e.g. frequencies, mean and standard deviation [SD]) and inferential statistical analyses (One sample t-test and exploratory factor analysis (EFA)).FindingsOut of the 45 PM skills identified in the literature and examined by the respondents, the results obtained from the One sample t-test (based on p (1-tailed) = 0.05) showed that 37 were considered to be at least “important,” accounting for 80.4% of all the skills identified. EFA revealed a clustering of the PM skills items into seven components: “skills related to work scheduling and coordination”; “communication, risk, safety and stakeholder management skills”; “quality assurance skills”; “people management skills”; “skills related to forecasting scope and duration of outage”; “implementation of processes and time management skills” and “technical/engineering skills and experience pertaining to the outage and local site knowledge.”Originality/valueThis study has identified and contributed to the limited state-of-the-art skills project managers must possess to manage major maintenance projects in the energy sector successfully. The findings would be useful to organizations within the energy sector in ensuring that the organizations have suitable personnel in place to deliver major maintenance projects on the organizations' assets.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Project Maintenance Managementmentioning

confidence: 99%