Maximo Upgrade Project: Major State University

Resource Project University 307 195 Maximo Upgrade Project: Major State UniversityCustomer Situation

The University Facilities Operations and Maintenance department commissioned GenesisSolutions to conduct a review of the use of the current maintenance system and to develop a plan to deploy Maximo at the University.  One of the major drivers for this upgrade was to implement the best-practices- based system solution and establish the foundation for future work process automation alongside a best-practices maintenance process.   The architecture for Maximo 6.2 represents a significant change from the architecture currently in use at the University, as Maximo 6.2 is built on a standards-based Internet architecture and now operates within a web browser.  In addition, Maximo 6.2 offered a new reporting tool, Actuate, and provides a new integration tool, the Maximo Enterprise Adapter (MEA).

GenesisSolutions will provide application and technical assistance to the University  to implement IBM’s Maximo 6 EAM Application.  Genesis was brought in because of their extensive knowledge and ability to provide a complete solution from Gap Analysis to fully implemented production system and support.  In addition, Genesis has an excellent track record working with Facilities of similar size in the higher education industry.

Genesis Role

GenesisSolutions provided various services for the past 4 years.  Genesis was contracted to conduct a detailed Gap Analysis of their current home grown legacy system versus upgrading to Maximo 6.2.  The Gap Analysis was to highlight the technical differences between the two systems, provide method(s) for addressing the differences when upgrading to Maximo 6.2, and recommend the best method based on industry knowledge and UDE’s requirements.  Based on the Gap Analysis, GenesisSolutions was selected as a vendor to conduct the Business Process Review (BPR) sessions, upgrade planning and implementation of Maximo 6.2

Actions Taken

  • GenesisSolutions performed the following tasks to upgrade APS EAM System from Maximo 4.1.1 to Maximo 6.2.
  • Initial Gap Analysis
  • Business Process Review
  • Upgrade Implementation Planning
  • Project Management support throughout the System Implementation Cycle
  • Full implementation support involving the following
    • Architecture and Installation
    • Defining Functional Requirements
    • Configuration and development of Custom solutions
    • Developing interfaces to third party solution via Enterprise Application Interface bus (TIBCO)
    • Unit, System and User Acceptance Testing
    • User Training
    • Go-Live and Post Go Live Support
    • Post Go-Live Enhancements to the system

Results Achieved

  • Successful implementation of Maximo 6.2 at the University’s Facilities Operations and Maintenance department.