RCM Facilitator Course

RCM Facilitator Course
  • Module 0:  Welcome!  Start Here
    • 0.1:  Welcome to the RCM Facilitator Course!
    • 0.2:  Fill out the course survey. [ Set aside up to 30 minutes to complete. ]
    • 0.3:  Schedule your one-on-one “Meet-and-Greet” meeting with Nancy.
    • 0.4:  Course Logistics
    • 0.5:  Video Tour of the Course
    • 0.6:  About Your Instructor
    • 0.7:  Facilitator Course Terms and Conditions
  • 📅:  Course Calendars and Announcements:  Available Thursday, September 17, 2020
    • RCM Facilitator Course Calendar
    • LIVE Group Training and Q&A Sign-up Links
  • Module 1:  The Art of RCM Facilitation ~ The Crash of AA Flight 191
    • 1.1:  ✈ The Crash of AA Flight 191 [ 1 hr, 5 mins ]
    • 1.2:  Quiz~ Crash of Flight 191 [ 1 hr ]  QUIZ DUE BY Tuesday, Sept 22 at 9:00 am Central Time
    • 1.3:  Crash of Flight 191 Group Training Replay, 9/23/2020 
  • Module 2:  The Art of Facilitation ~ What Makes an Effective Facilitator
    • 2.1:  Introduction to RCM Facilitation [ 1 min, 28 sec ]
    • 2.2:  Our Most Valuable Resource [ 3 mins, 3 secs ]
    • 2.3:  Facilitator Position Description [ 17 mins, 41 secs ]
    • 2.4:  Assignment ~ Assess Yourself [ 10 mins ] DUE BY Tuesday, Sept 22 at 9:00 am Central Time
  • Module 3:  The Art of Facilitation ~ The RCM Analysis Planning Process [ 2-3 Hours to Complete ]
    • 3.1:  Download RCM Analysis Planning Process pdf
    • 3.2:  Introduction to RCM Analysis Planning
    • 3.3:  [Step 1] Select/Identify the Equipment for Analysis
    • 3.4:  [Step 2] Facilitator Research and Data Gathering
    • 3.5:  [Step3] Establish the Scope of Analysis
    • 3.6:  [Step 4] Identify Analysis Goals and Objectives
    • 3.7:  [Step 5] Identify Working Group and Validation Team Members
    • 3.8:  [Step 6] Plan for Training, Analysis, and Validation Meeting
    • 3.9:  [Step 7] Identify Obstacles that Could Hinder Successful Implementation and Formulate Solutions
    • 3.10:  [Step 8] Notify Working Group and Validation Team Members
    • 3.11:  [Step 9] Gather/Reserve Facilitation Materials and Technical Documentation
    • 3.12:  [Step 10] Prepare Draft Operating Context
    • 3.13:  Real-World Planning Example
    • 3.14:  RCM Analysis Planning Process Assignment QUIZ DUE BY Tuesday, Sept 29 at 9:00 am Central Time
    • 3.15:  Replay of Module 3 and 4 Team Training
  • Module 4:  The Art of Facilitation ~ Facilitation Techniques [ 2-3 Hours to Complete ]
    • 4.1:  Download Facilitation Techniques pdf
    • 4.2:  The Meeting Room
    • 4.3:  Setting the Scene ~ Day 1
    • 4.4:  Setting the Scene ~ Every Day
    • 4.5:  Getting Ready to Facilitate
    • 4.6:  General Facilitation Techniques
    • 4.7:  In-Session Facilitation Techniques
    • 4.8:  Managing Working Group Members
    • 4.9:  Manage Time Properly
    • 4.10:  Facilitation Techniques Assignment QUIZ DUE BY Tuesday, Sept 29 at 9:00 am Central Time
  • Module 5:  The RCM Operating Context [ 1.5 Hours to Complete ]
    • 5.1:  Download the RCM Operating Context Information Sheet pdf
    • 5.2:  Prepare Draft Operating Context:  Last Step in the RCM Planning Process
    • 5.3:  What the Operating Context IS and How to Draft It
    • 5.4:  What the Operating Context DOES
    • 5.5:  Operating Context Assignment
  • Module 6:  Sequence of Conducting an RCM Analysis [ 2.25 Hours to Complete ]
    • 6.1:  Download the Sequence of Conducting an RCM Analysis pdf
    • 6.2:  Sequence of Conducting an RCM Analysis
    • 6.3:  Sequence of Conducting an RCM Analysis Assignment
  • Module 7:  Functions [ 2.25 Hours to Complete ]
    • 7.1:  Download the Functions pdf
    • 7.2:  Introduction to Functions
    • 7.3:  The Significance of Writing Functions
    • 7.4:  Design Capability versus Required Performance, a Review
    • 7.5:  Primary and Secondary Functions, a Review
    • 7.6:  Evident & Hidden Functions and Multiple Failures
    • 7.7:  Protective Devices
    • 7.8:  How to Write Primary and Secondary Functions, a Review
    • 7.9:  Facilitating Performance Standards and Operating Context
    • 7.10:  Techniques for Facilitating Secondary Functions
    • 7.11:  How to Determine if a Function Should be Recorded
    • 7.12:  What Something IS Versus What Something DOES
    • 7.13:  Gauges/Indicators and Performance Standards 
    • 7.14:  Reverse-Engineering Operating Context Concerns
    • 7.15:  Bookkeeping Functions
    • 7.16:  Notes on Writing Functions
    • 7.17:  Functions Assignment #1 ~ Quiz
    • 7.18:  Functions Quiz #2 ~ Graded by Nancy
    • 7.19:  Replay of Live Team Meeting for Modules 5, 6, 7, and 8
  • Module 8:  Functional Failures [ 45 Minutes to Complete ]
    • 8.1:  Functional Failures, a Review
    • 8.2:  Introduction to Facilitating Functional Failures
    • 8.3:  Facilitating Primary Functional Failures
    • 8.4:  Facilitating Evident Secondary Functions
    • 8.5:  Facilitating Secondary Hidden Functional Failures (Protective Devices)
    • 8.6:  Functional Failure Quiz Graded by Nancy
  • Module 9:  Failure Modes [ 3.5 Hours to Complete ]
    • 9.0:  Download the Failure Modes pdf
    • 9.1:  Welcome to Failure Modes!
    • 9.2: The “Golden Question” to Ask Working Group Members
    • 9.3:  What Kinds of Failure Modes to Include in an RCM Analysis
    • 9.4:  Writing Failure Modes Properly with the Right Amount of Detail
    • 9.5:  Writing Failure Modes at the Right Level
    • 9.6:  Knowing When to Record a Failure Mode in an RCM Analysis
    • 9.7:  Bookkeeping Failure Modes in an RCM Analysis
    • 9.8:  Techniques for Facilitating Failure Modes with a Working Group
    • 9.9:  Handling Tricky Situations when Facilitating Failure Modes
    • 9.10:  Subaru Forester Low Oil Circuit
    • 9.11:  Failure Modes Assignment #1
    • 9.12:  Failure Modes Assignment #2
  • Module 10:  Failure Effects [ 3.0 Hours to Complete ]
    • 10.0:  Download the Failure Effects pdf
    • 10.1:  Failure Effects and How to Facilitate Them
    • 10.2:  Common Scenarios that Require Facilitation
    • 10.3:  Failure Effect Quick Tips
    • 10.4:  Failure Effects:  Assignment #1
    • 10.5:  Failure Effects:  Assignment #2
    • 10.6:  Replay of Live Team Training for Modules 9 and 10 (Failure Modes and Failure Effects)
  • Module 11:  Failure Consequences
    • 11.0:  Download the Failure Consequences pdf
    • 11.1:  Getting Ready to Facilitate Failure Consequences
    • 11.2:  Review of Evident and Hidden Failure Modes Using the RCM Decision Diagram
    • 11.3:  Introduction to Facilitating Failure Consequences
    • 11.4:  Determining if a Failure Mode is Evident or Hidden
    • 11.5:  Four Types of Failure Consequences and the RCM Decision Diagram
    • 11.6:  Documenting Failure Consequences on the RCM Decision Worksheet
    • 11.7:  Failure Consequences Exercise
    • 11.8:  Failure Consequences Assignment
    • 11.9:  Replay of Live Team Training for Module 11 (Failure Consequences)
  • Module 12:  Task Hierarchies and the RCM Decision Diagram
    • 12.1:  Task Hierarchies and the RCM Decision Diagram
  • DOWNLOAD Revised RCM Decision Diagram
    • Download Revised RCM Decision Diagram
  • Module 13:  Preventive Maintenance
    • 13.1:  Preventive Maintenance
    • 13.2:  Preventive Maintenance Assignment
  • Module 14:  On-Condition Maintenance
    • 14.0: On-Condition Maintenance, Introduction
    • 14.1:  On-Condition Maintenance, Review
    • 14.2:  P-F Interval and Gauges ~ Accuracy versus Tolerance
    • 14.3:  On-Condition Maintenance Assignment #1
    • 14.4:  P-F Interval ~ “At least as long as…”
    • 14.5:  P-F Interval ~ Multiple Potential Failure Conditions
    • 14.6:  P-F Interval ~ More than One Failure
    • 14.7:  Review the P-F Interval with Working Group Prior to Facilitating
    • 14.8:  On-Condition Maintenance Assignment #2
  • Module 15:  Failure Finding Protective Devices
    • 15.1:  Introduction to Failure Finding
    • 15.2:  Failure Finding Documents to Download and Review for 10/28/2020 Live Training
    • 15.3:  Failure Finding Live #1 Training Replay
    • 15.4:  Failure Finding Quiz
    • 15.5:  Failure Finding Live #2 FFI Solution Replay
  • Module 16:  Practical Application Questions
    • 16.1:  Practical Application Questions to Download and Review for 11/11/2020 Live Training
  • Module 17:  Default Strategies
    • 17.1:  Practical Application Questions Review and Default Strategies Team Training Replay
  • Module 18:  The RCM Validation Process
    • 18.0:  Download the Validation Process Lesson Notes
    • 18.1:  The RCM Validation Process, an Overview
    • 18.2:  The RCM Validation Process, Step 1
    • 18.3:  The RCM Validation Process, Steps 2 through 5
  • How to Summarize & Brief Analysis Results to Management
    • How to Summarize & Brief Analysis Results to Management
  • Module 19:  Final Assessment & Review
    • 19.1:  Final Exam
    • 19.2:  Final Exam Solution
  • Module 20:  Putting it all Together
    • 20.1:  Putting it all Together Team Training Replay

Course Information

Course Instructor

Nancy Regan Nancy Regan Author

Module 0:  Welcome!  Start Here

📅:  Course Calendars and Announcements:  Available Thursday, September 17, 2020

Module 1:  The Art of RCM Facilitation ~ The Crash of AA Flight 191

Module 2:  The Art of Facilitation ~ What Makes an Effective Facilitator

Module 3:  The Art of Facilitation ~ The RCM Analysis Planning Process [ 2-3 Hours to Complete ]

Module 4:  The Art of Facilitation ~ Facilitation Techniques [ 2-3 Hours to Complete ]

Module 5:  The RCM Operating Context [ 1.5 Hours to Complete ]

Module 6:  Sequence of Conducting an RCM Analysis [ 2.25 Hours to Complete ]

Module 7:  Functions [ 2.25 Hours to Complete ]

Module 8:  Functional Failures [ 45 Minutes to Complete ]

Module 9:  Failure Modes [ 3.5 Hours to Complete ]

Module 10:  Failure Effects [ 3.0 Hours to Complete ]

Module 11:  Failure Consequences

Module 12:  Task Hierarchies and the RCM Decision Diagram

DOWNLOAD Revised RCM Decision Diagram

Module 13:  Preventive Maintenance

Module 14:  On-Condition Maintenance

Module 15:  Failure Finding Protective Devices

Module 16:  Practical Application Questions

Module 17:  Default Strategies

Module 18:  The RCM Validation Process

How to Summarize & Brief Analysis Results to Management

Module 19:  Final Assessment & Review

Module 20:  Putting it all Together

For Further Discussion