AAOM Handbook

Work Management

Work Management

The collective term used for the OPERATING MODEL elements for the Approval, Planning, Scheduling and Execution of work

Work Management System

The system used for work order management, work flow - recording, planning scheduling, costing, etc. – for example, SAP, Ellipse, Maximo.

Work Request

A request for work to be completed. A work request is not an authority to complete work – it must be approved before any cost commitments can be made. All work requests must include 1. The Equipment/Component or Workplace/Location. 2. Work Description 3. The Work Group that will be responsible for approving the work. 4. Required Date 5. Impact 6. Originator.

Work Order

Work Orders are the document used to specify a set of Tasks, resources and expenditures. A separate work Order should be used for each independent work outcome (ie the work outcome is not dependent on the completion of any other Work Order).

Task

Tasks are used to specify an activity within a Work Order that has scheduling characteristics that are distinct from other Tasks of the Work Order.

A separate Work Order Task should be created whenever a component of the work; • can be scheduled at a different time to other components of the work, eg; o in a different schedule period, or o on different days (or shifts) of a schedule period, or o within the same day (or shift) but with a time gap (as for example during a 16 hour shutdown when progress of a work package may be suspended due to conflicts with other critical path work packages), or

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