Through Life Management Planning
What is a Through Life Management Plan (TLMP)?
A Through Life Management Plan (TLMP) is the single source of
strategic management information for the project, providing access
to more detailed information required by the Project Team to manage
their activities throughout the project’s lifecycle (including
disposal). It is an area SELEX Systems Integration can provide
expertise to the rail industry.
Decisions regarding costs are made in the early stages of the
acquisition cycle. However, most of the Whole Life Cost is actually
spent when the equipment is in-service.
Through Life Capability Management (TLCM) enables the decisions
made early in the process to take account of Whole Life Costs, as
shown below in the CADMID lifecycle.
What is the purpose of a Through Life Management Plan?
SELEX Systems Integration helps clients produce Through Life
Management Plans which provide high level information on the
resource and cost of managing the project through the life of the
project, including:
- Resourcing the plan – providing visibility to customers and
stakeholders, thus enabling agreed and shared common project
objectives leading to greater consistency
- Communicating and sharing clear strategic objectives –
demonstrating that the project has a clear customer focus
- Demonstrating the project has been realistically planned and
costed on a through-life basis, taking into consideration the
performance requirements and through-life cost to optimise the
support solution
- Capturing the configuration and performance of the equipment
(MTBF, MTTR)
- The Logistic Support Analysis Plan (LSAP) – identifying the
process to provide Reliability Centred Maintenance (RCM) and
Failure Mode Affects Analysis FMEA), which will determine the
Preventative and Corrective Maintenance loading required. This will
determine the support infrastructure required in terms of both
facilities and resources from first to fourth line support.
- Obsolescence monitoring
- Asset Management Method
- Documentation and Control Process
- Continuous Improvement Process – actual in-service
performance
A Through Life Management Plan will also capture any resourcing
issues, such as a lack of funding or affordability, and explain how
they are being managed (risk management).
What is in a Through Life Management Plan?
A Through Life Management Plan will contain a Through Life Cost
record summary compiled using Through Life Finance Data, with
references and links to more detailed information. Additionally, a
summary of the Whole Life Cost (WLC) Plan, encompassing the cost
forecasting strategy and whole life cost management strategy from
inception through to disposal, will be included. Summarised data
will be taken from:
- Whole Life Cost Model
- Cost Resource Breakdown Structure-based costings
- Costed Project Plans
- Current Equipment and Support Plan information
- Proposed Support Infrastructure developed from the Logistic
Support Analysis
- Asset Management Strategy developed from the Logistic Support
Analysis
- Configuration Management Plan – Obsolescence Monitoring / Risk
Identification
A Through Life Management Plan must be updated as the project
progresses, improving accuracy at each stage, providing increasing
confidence in the achievement of time, cost and performance
targets. This helps identify and manage the project risks, as well
as providing an audit trail of project decisions.
Contact SELEX Systems Integration for more
information about through life management planning for the rail
industry