AAOM Handbook

PL.00 Planning Work Context

For a business area to be successful in delivering its agreed output targets, at the lowest practical cost, it must complete the Right Work at the Right Time and in the Right Way. This work must also be completed sustainably, i.e. by dealing responsibly with safety, the environment, employees, communities, governments and asset life. In all discussions relating to the Operating Model, the term planning is used to describe the activity of preparing a work package that defines;  the work,  the standards that the work must deliver or meet,  any special procedures or requirements for doing the work and  what is needed to do the work, Work is planned to ensure that everything necessary to deliver the right work, safely and efficiently is identified before the work commences. If work is well planned before it is started it is possible to ensure that all of the personnel and material requirements for the work are fit for purpose and in place when needed. This will help ensure that no outcome required of the work will be omitted or completed to the wrong standard, and there will be no delays chasing after people, parts or equipment after the work has started. Well planned work also has a high correlation with the achievement of safe, and environmentally sound, outcomes, i.e. significant incidents and harm are commonly associated with unplanned, or poorly planned, work. Purpose To specify the requirements for completing approved work. Quantity One process to determine the appropriate work package content for approved work. Quality A planned work package may include the following requirements for the work;  Identification of equipment/ /component or workplace/location to which the work relates.  The elements of the work that will need to be separately identified within a schedule,  Each distinct outcome for the work (what must be achieved at each stage, and at completion, of the work).  Tolerance or standard required for each outcome.  Conditions or constraints applying to the work.