ftware is no small task. Custom software development should be the last resort for those organizations that have such diverse needs that no commercial available software will fulfill their requirement.The selection of a maintenance management software program should be conducted according to standardized evaluation criteria. The system specification or formal RFP document should be prepared with this end in mind. Ample time should be allocated to evaluate as many candidate application and support services best meet the needs of the organization.The action steps of the design phase should produce the following deliverables:1.Concise definition of the nature of the maintenance work tasks.2.Detailed statement of the full range of data required for these tasks.3.Procurement (development or selection) of the computer technology to serve these tasks and provide the data in a format to facilitate decision supportPhase 111 System InstallationThe installation of the system elements is the last but not least phase of the CMMS implementation life cycle. The goal of the installation process is to position and activate new information management tools and methodologies into the work place. Four, all encompassing and overlapping, action steps provide activities to assemble together the five elements of the SAMM model as a complete and full functioning CMMS.Step 9 technology installationThe technology installation should be coordinated and micro managed to the implementation schedule. This requisite planning activity should be a collaborative effort involving the entire maintenance department. The purpose is to elicit commitment throughout the department to accomplish all implementation tasks according to a predetermined schedule. The importance of planning the system installation can not be overemphasized .the schedule should lay out the activities and allocation of resources to accomplish the following:1.Transition planning2.Employing a system man...
