Overview
In this unit, you will examine the business drivers and operations strategy that impact on the maintenance decision-making framework. You will develop maintenance objectives and maintenance planning controls using a systems engineering framework. You will also develop asset life plans based upon the four known maintenance strategies.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Prerequisite: ENMM20023 Introduction to Asset and Maintenance Management.
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
Offerings For Term 1 - 2025
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Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Postgraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Class Timetable
Assessment Overview
Assessment Grading
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of 'pass' in order to pass the unit. If any 'pass/fail' tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully ('pass' grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the 'assessment task' section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%). Consult the University's Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades.
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You may wish to view these policies:
- Grades and Results Policy
- Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework)
- Review of Grade Procedure
- Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure - Domestic Students
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure - International Students
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Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Feedback from Student evaluations
Some students indicated they had difficulty understanding the assignment requirements.
The assessment questions and marking rubrics will be reviewed. Students will be encouraged to attend interactive tutorials where they will have the opportunity to ask questions about content and assessment.
Feedback from Lecturer self-reflection
Students would benefit from engaging with the interactive content in Moodle.
Completing the questions in the interactive Moodle content will be assigned some assessment weighting in order to encourage students to engage with the interactive resources.
Feedback from Student evaluations
Provide students more opportunities to interact with the lecturer and ask questions.
Restructure unit delivery to ensure students have the opportunity to actively engage every week with the lecturer.
- Research and analyse the business drivers and operations strategy including internal and external influences that impact on the maintenance decision-making framework
- Define and develop maintenance objectives
- Research and develop maintenance planning controls based upon Systems Engineering Plans, Configuration Management Plans and Asset Management Plans
- Apply the business-centred maintenance (BCM) approach to develop or modify maintenance strategy
- Develop and implement asset life plans based upon the four (4) known maintenance strategies.
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment - 15% | |||||
| 2 - Written Assessment - 30% | |||||
| 3 - Written Assessment - 45% | |||||
| 4 - Online Quiz(zes) - 10% | |||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1 - Knowledge | |||||
| 2 - Communication | |||||
| 3 - Cognitive, technical and creative skills | |||||
| 4 - Research | |||||
| 5 - Self-management | |||||
| 6 - Ethical and Professional Responsibility | |||||
| 7 - Leadership | |||||
| 8 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures | |||||
Textbooks
There are no required textbooks.
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: Harvard (author-date)
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
a.daemi@cqu.edu.au
Module/Topic
Module 1
Chapter
Industrial organisations and life cycle costs
Events and Submissions/Topic
All lectures and tutorials are online using Zoom. You will find the link in the Virtual Classes tile on Moodle.
Lecture/ Tutorial
Module/Topic
Module 2
Chapter
Formulating maintenance strategy, a business-centred approach
Events and Submissions/Topic
Lecture/ Tutorial
Module/Topic
Module 3
Chapter
The structure of industrial assets
Events and Submissions/Topic
Lecture/ Tutorial
Module/Topic
Module 4
Chapter
Maintenance objectives
Events and Submissions/Topic
Lecture/ Tutorial
This week, Tuesday, 1 April 2025, is the Census Date; after this day, you cannot drop this unit.
Assessment 1 Due: Week 4 Monday 31/03/2025 11:59 pm AEST
Assessment 1 Due: Week 4 Monday (31 Mar 2025) 11:59 pm AEST
Module/Topic
Module 5
Chapter
Preventative maintenance decision-making
Part 1: Concepts and techniques
Events and Submissions/Topic
Lecture/ Tutorial
Daylight saving ends on Sunday, 6 April, at 3 am. From Monday this week, please check your online lecture time.
Module/Topic
MID-TERM BREAK
NO LECTURE OR TUTORIAL CLASSES
Chapter
MID-TERM BREAK
NO LECTURE OR TUTORIAL CLASSES
Events and Submissions/Topic
MID-TERM BREAK
NO LECTURE OR TUTORIAL CLASSES
Module/Topic
Module 6
Chapter
Preventative maintenance decision-making
Part 2: Maintenance task selection
Events and Submissions/Topic
Lecture/ Tutorial
Module/Topic
Module 7
Chapter
Maintenance task selection using reliability maintenance
Events and Submissions/Topic
Lecture/ Tutorial
Module/Topic
Module 8
Chapter
Determining the asset life plan and schedule
Events and Submissions/Topic
Lecture/ Tutorial
Assessment 2 Due: Week 8 Monday 05/05/2025 11:59 pm AEST
Assessment 2 Due: Week 8 Monday (5 May 2025) 11:59 pm AEST
Module/Topic
Module 9
Chapter
Lean maintenance
Events and Submissions/Topic
Lecture/ Tutorial
Module/Topic
Module 10
Chapter
Asset reliability maintenance control
Events and Submissions/Topic
Lecture/ Tutorial
Module/Topic
Module 11
Chapter
Management of asset turnarounds
Events and Submissions/Topic
Lecture/ Tutorial
Module/Topic
Unit review
Chapter
Time to review unit and finalise mini-project
Events and Submissions/Topic
Lecture/ Tutorial
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Assessment 3 Due: Review/Exam Week Monday 09/06/2025 11:59 pm AEST
Assessment 3 Due: Review/Exam Week Monday (9 June 2025) 11:59 pm AEST
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
1 Written Assessment
The details of the assessment will be available on the unit Moodle site.
This assessment is based on unit learning modules 1 to 3.
In answering the questions, you will relate the theory you have learnt to your own organisation.
Week 4 Monday (31 Mar 2025) 11:59 pm AEST
Week 6 Monday (21 Apr 2025)
It is expected that the marked assessment will be returned within 2 weeks of the due date when submitted on time.
This is a criterion-based assessment item. It is highly recommended that you read beyond the unit materials to complete assessment items. A detailed marking rubric is available on the unit Moodle website. Your submission for this assessment will be evaluated according to the following criteria:
- Demonstration of knowledge and understanding of concepts
- Evidence of research beyond own experience and unit material, clarity of expression, including use of terminology, ease of reading, spelling, and grammar, orderly and logical presentation, and use of diagrams to illustrate points
- Quality of technical presentation, including neatness, appropriate use of figures and tables
- Use of correct and accurate referencing techniques
- The assessment word count limit will apply
Marks will be allocated using a marking scheme that will be available on the Moodle website
- Research and analyse the business drivers and operations strategy including internal and external influences that impact on the maintenance decision-making framework
- Research and develop maintenance planning controls based upon Systems Engineering Plans, Configuration Management Plans and Asset Management Plans
2 Written Assessment
The details of the assessment will be available on the unit Moodle site.
This assessment is based on unit learning modules 1 to 6.
In answering the questions, you will relate the theory you have learnt to your own organisation.
Week 8 Monday (5 May 2025) 11:59 pm AEST
Week 10 Monday (19 May 2025)
It is expected that the marked assessment will be returned within 2 weeks of the due date when submitted on time.
This is a criterion-based assessment item. It is highly recommended that you read beyond the unit materials to complete assessment items. A detailed marking rubric is available on the unit Moodle website. Your submission for this assessment will be evaluated according to the following criteria:
- Demonstration of knowledge and understanding of concepts
- Evidence of research beyond own experience and unit material, clarity of expression, including use of terminology, ease of reading, spelling, and grammar, orderly and logical presentation, and use of diagrams to illustrate points
- Quality of technical presentation, including neatness, appropriate use of figures and tables
- Use of correct and accurate referencing techniques
- The assessment word count limit will apply
Marks will be allocated using a marking scheme that will be available on the Moodle website
- Research and analyse the business drivers and operations strategy including internal and external influences that impact on the maintenance decision-making framework
- Define and develop maintenance objectives
- Research and develop maintenance planning controls based upon Systems Engineering Plans, Configuration Management Plans and Asset Management Plans
- Apply the business-centred maintenance (BCM) approach to develop or modify maintenance strategy
3 Written Assessment
The details of the assessment will be available on the unit Moodle site.
This assessment is based on unit learning modules 1 to 11.
In answering the questions, you will relate the theory you have learnt to your own organisation.
Review/Exam Week Monday (9 June 2025) 11:59 pm AEST
Exam Week Friday (20 June 2025)
Assessment marks will be posted only after the approval of the School Course Committee meeting (on grade certification date)
This is a criterion-based assessment item. It is highly recommended that you read beyond the unit materials to complete assessment items. A detailed marking rubric is available on the unit Moodle website. Your submission for this assessment will be evaluated according to the following criteria:
- Demonstration of knowledge and understanding of concepts
- Evidence of research beyond own experience and unit material, clarity of expression, including use of terminology, ease of reading, spelling, and grammar, orderly and logical presentation, and use of diagrams to illustrate points
- Quality of technical presentation, including neatness, appropriate use of figures and tables
- Use of correct and accurate referencing techniques
- The assessment word count limit will apply
Marks will be allocated using a marking scheme that will be available on the Moodle website
- Define and develop maintenance objectives
- Research and develop maintenance planning controls based upon Systems Engineering Plans, Configuration Management Plans and Asset Management Plans
- Apply the business-centred maintenance (BCM) approach to develop or modify maintenance strategy
- Develop and implement asset life plans based upon the four (4) known maintenance strategies.
4 Online Quiz(zes)
Each week during the term, you will work through the learning materials for that week. Under 'Learning Activities' you will find the Module Review Questions. These questions are designed to assist you in consolidating your understanding of the material for that week. You will also find that completing these activities will help you to complete the other assessment items.
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Weekly
The Weekly Review Questions are due by the following Monday at 5:00pm each week.
Note that detailed feedback will not be provided for the Weekly Review Questions. If you have questions related to this learning activity, please raise them at the weekly tutorial.
Review Questions are directly related to the course content for that week. Full marks are awarded for correct answers.
Online Quizzes Closing dates
Quizzes 1,2,3 – Closing date Sunday 6th April 2025
Quizzes 4,5,6,7 – Closing date Sunday 11th May 2025
Quizzes 8,9,10,11 – Closing date Friday 8th June 2025
- Research and analyse the business drivers and operations strategy including internal and external influences that impact on the maintenance decision-making framework
- Define and develop maintenance objectives
- Research and develop maintenance planning controls based upon Systems Engineering Plans, Configuration Management Plans and Asset Management Plans
- Apply the business-centred maintenance (BCM) approach to develop or modify maintenance strategy
- Develop and implement asset life plans based upon the four (4) known maintenance strategies.
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Any assessable work undertaken or submitted for review or assessment must be your own work. Assessable work is any type of work you do to meet the assessment requirements in the unit, including draft work submitted for review and feedback and final work to be assessed.
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What is a breach of academic integrity?
A breach of academic integrity includes but is not limited to plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, cheating, contract cheating, and academic misconduct. The Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure defines what these terms mean and gives examples.
Why is academic integrity important?
A breach of academic integrity may result in one or more penalties, including suspension or even expulsion from the University. It can also have negative implications for student visas and future enrolment at CQUniversity or elsewhere. Students who engage in contract cheating also risk being blackmailed by contract cheating services.
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