Reliability Gap Assessment

Abstract

Carl and Fred discussing the second step in achieving high reliability: “Develop a Reliability Gap Assessment.”

Key Points

Join Carl and Fred as they discuss doing a gap assessment, how it is done and why it is essential to achieving high reliability.

Topics include:

• The core principles of doing a gap assessment
• You need to know organizations capabilities, their shortcomings
• Where are you today? How good are you?
• With Reliability Strategic Vision, we ask “where are you going?”
• With Reliability Gap Assessment, we ask “what is your current capability?”
• Gaps can be organizational, cultural, methods
• To learn gaps in methods, you will ask: to what extent do you use (method)?, how do you use (method)?, why do you use (method)?, what examples for (method)?
• Knowing the gaps helps you zero in on the areas where you need to improve
• Essence of gap is the tension between your goals and the barriers or risks to achieving your goals
• There is not a canned list of question to identify gaps, you need to develop your own list of questions
• Fact finding: where are you today compared to where you need to be?
• Future decisions should be based on the gaps
• Communication is key to learning gaps
• Map gaps to the Maturity Matrix
• May need to change the culture to achieve reliability objectives
• Gap Assessment is not an audit
• You don’t know where a Gap Assessment will end up

Enjoy an episode of Speaking of Reliability. Where you can join friends as they discuss reliability topics. Join us as we discuss topics ranging from design for reliability techniques to field data analysis approaches.

SOR 854 Reliability Gap AssessmentCarl S. Carlson

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