How Does Operational Readiness Assist in Asset Management: It Surely is an Operations Function?

Abstract

The notion of operational readiness gains momentum in all industries and the public sector. What do we understand of operational readiness? How does operational readiness fit in with projects? Asset owners/operators specify as part of the project process the need to carry out an operational readiness review. Project managers who have been asked about the inclusion of operational readiness activities acknowledge that these days operational readiness is part of a project delivery. A majority still appear "annoyed" by the distraction of having to deal with the operations people and their demands during the project. Recent involvement of the author in operational readiness activities indicate that by and large the elements of operational readiness are not defined with any clarity or embedded either in the asset owner/operators processes or the project delivery processes. Operational readiness activities that are carried out add substantial cost to a project. What is the value added if the)