Nursing

Assignment

Introduction

The Presentation is an opportunity for you to present selected aspects of the technical content of the course. Assessment is focused on the Presentation Preparation and Delivery as well as Content, and contributes 40% to the module mark You are expected to address the Learning Outcomes shown.

Learning outcomes met in the module (some not all assessed)

2. Apply knowledge of Reliability Centered Maintenance analysis on equipment (Investigate how equipment operates and critically evaluate the equipment and come up with an improvement plan).

Assignment brief

You are required to make a 15 minutes presentation, with the aid of communication aids, followed by up to 5 minutes of questions and responses.

Reflect on the technical elements of the course, and critically review the course material.

This assignment will allow to link business strategy with maintenance strategies (go beyond the course material). Reference concepts and texts using the Harvard reference system.

Students are allocated ONE Question. The assignment must be individually completed, and students MUST NEVER work on the assignment with any students who had been allocated the same question.

Question As consultant, you have attended a conference on maintenance management strategy. You have not been able to assist to a presentation you wanted to listen to, and the topic was of great interest to you. One of the conference guest, Mr Rehana Begg, has identified what he called 10 myths about Reliability Centred Maintenance (RCM) You have been allocated ONE statement and tasked to critically assess the statement made.

[Hint1] As part of your presentation, you may want to introduce the terms used in the statement

[Hint 2] Students are expected to justify the statement. You must use suitable examples or references.

Statement 1

RCM is a type of maintenance

Statement 2

RCM is a lot of work

Statement 3

RCM must be done on all your assets

Statement 4

RCM training is excessive

Statement 5

Shortcut RCM methods and PM Optimization are faster and cheaper

Statement 6

RCFA is just as good as RCM

Statement 7

I can do RCM on my own

Statement 8

Anyone can facilitate an RCM analysis

Statement 9

A lot of RCM projects fail

Statement 10

RCM is a maintenance project