The worked analysis

One complete RCM analysis, documented end to end.

A real analysis on a real system: from system selection and functions, through FMEA sessions, to a validated task list people actually follow. Published free so you can see the whole thing before you run your own.

Why it exists

Not the textbook version. The real one.

Most RCM material teaches the seven steps and stops. It doesn't show the scoping argument in week one, the FMEA session that stalls on Tuesday, the failure modes nobody believed until the teardown photos, or what a funded task list actually looks like.

This analysis was documented as it happened: every worksheet, every session, every decision - so the next engineer running one knows what it actually costs in time, effort, and organizational friction.

SystemBoiler feed pump train
MethodClassic RCM, seven questions
OutputValidated, funded task list
FormatFree PDF + working files
How it went

The analysis, stage by stage.

  1. System selection & scopingWhy this system, where the boundaries sit, and what "failure" means for it. The step most analyses rush and regret.
  2. Functions & functional failuresWhat the system must do, and every way it can fail to do it - stated in terms operators recognize.
  3. FMEA sessionsFailure modes with the people who run and wrench on the equipment. What kept sessions moving, and what stalled them.
  4. Consequences & task selectionHidden, safety, outage, and non-outage consequences - and which tasks are actually worth doing for each mode.
  5. The task list & validationThe final list, the leadership conversation that funded it, and what changed on the floor.
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