J.D. Solomon
Controversial Thoughts on Operationalizing Asset Management for Better Results
Are you drowning in the many activities related to what to do in your asset management program? Are you spending valuable resources and...
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J.D. Solomon
- Jun 13, 2022
Three Things You Need to Know About Capital Project Prioritization
Three of the essential things to know about capital project prioritization are: The selected approach should consistent with the maturity...
The Experts
- Jun 1, 2022
Three Things You Need to Know About Criticality Analysis
Three things to remember about criticality analysis are: 1. Criticality analysis is the essential first step in any improvement program...
J.D. Solomon
- Apr 4, 2022
Five Ways to More Effectively Facilitate Capital Program Prioritization
The foundations of systems thinking and facilitation apply to capital programs because the analysis requires a group to establish the...
J.D. Solomon
- Feb 21, 2022
Using SOAP Will Save Your Criticality Analysis Time and Money
The Solomon-Oldach Asset Prioritization (SOAP) method is an alternate method for conducting criticality analysis for use on industrial...
J.D. Solomon
- Feb 10, 2022
Observed in Practice: 5 Reasons to Prioritize Projects by Ranking Rather Than Multiple Criteria
Multiple criteria approaches for prioritization are based on problem disaggregation. The approach focuses on structured analysis by...
J.D. Solomon
- Feb 8, 2022
Improving System Performance Starts with a Criticality Analysis
Criticality is a measure of the relative importance of something to an organization's mission or objectives. I prefer using critical and...
The Experts
- Feb 1, 2022
Ask the Experts Revisited: Prioritization from A to Z
Tim Adams and John Rider provided some great insights for prioritization for capital improvements, operations & maintenance, and business...
J.D. Solomon
- Nov 5, 2021
Eight Tips for Improving Your Risk Matrices
Risk matrices are one way to perform risk-based prioritization. The approach is qualitative, or describes the quality of the risks, and...
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- Nov 3, 2021
ASQ Richmond: Improving Risk Matrices
"What's Wrong With Risk Matrices & How To Improve Them" will be JD Solomon’s topic at next Tuesday’s (November 9) ASQ-Richmond chapter...
J.D. Solomon
- Oct 29, 2021
Improving Strategic Plans
Most organizations have weak Strategic Plans. It is easy to lose focus if your Mission, Vision, Values, and Strategic Goals fall into...
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