Question

why is it important to keep detailed records for Maintenance projects? Please Explain

Answer 1

Answer:

Definition of Maintenance:

Maintenance is the task performed continuously under operations to minimize the possibility of lowering performance quality or any possibility of damage caused due to corrosion, contamination, or deterioration.

Maintenance can be of any facility or software maintenance also.

Definition of Maintenance Projects:

Maintenance projects are the projects which have a primary task to provide maintenance services for the business concern.

Examples of Maintenance Project:

1. Building maintenance project.
2. Software maintenance project.
3. Machinery maintenance project, etc.

It is important to keep detailed records of Maintenance projects due to the following reasons:

1. For regulatory and statutory compliance: Records of Maintenance projects are important for complying with the provisions of the regulatory and statues. For example, Fire related maintenance and the government compliances related to it. Labor compliance and related provisions for the company.

2. To foresee any risk: To predict at every stage with the help of the records if any risk is involved in the project and to plan, organize, and control activities so that the project is completed successfully.

3. Industrial practice and Norms: To follow the regular industrial practice and norms to evolve in the market as a competitor.

4. For Stakeholders and Senior Management knowledge: For the knowledge of the stakeholders it is important to keep a detailed record of maintenance projects. It helps them to take the necessary decisions.

5. It helps to track who is responsible for which task: It helps to keep a record of who performed which task and who is accountable for which wrong.

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