SSG2005

This guide provides advice and instructions on how organisations can implement and maintain technical criticality analyses of its fixed assets.

This guide is to be used when making changes in a plant, for example when upgrading or installing a new item. A criticality analysis must be performed well in advance of commissioning, as the chosen criticality class governs the configuration of preventive maintenance and storage optimisation.

The purpose of the criticality analysis is to exercise control over the own plant and to determine the location of its critical items. The analysis is essential for prioritising and optimising maintenance activities, designing a risk-based maintenance strategy and developing a sustainable spare parts strategy.