STRATEGIC ASSET

MANAGEMENT PLAN
(SAMP)
Asset Management

Assetivity
DOCUMENT INFORMATION

Document No: TEM-ASS-009 Version: 2.0 Issue Date:

REVISION HISTORY
Date Version By Whom Revision Description

14 July 2015 1.0 Assetivity Initial version released

2.0 Assetivity Updated to split SAMP into two
documents – SAMP and AM Strategy

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INTRODUCTORY NOTE
This template has been produced by Assetivity to assist individuals and organisations to develop a
Strategic Asset Management Plan that is practical and useful, and therefore more likely to be used
by an organisation to improve Asset Management performance.

The contents are based on our recommendations that are contained in three articles on our website:

 Asset Management Strategy vs Strategic Asset Management Plan (SAMP) – A Practical

Approach
 What does a good Asset Management Strategy look like?
 What does a good Strategic Asset Management Plan look like?

It is our view that a SAMP completed in accordance with the guidance in this template, has been
prepared in conjunction with an Asset Management Strategy developed using our separate template
for this document, meets the requirements of ISO 55001:2014 relating to the Strategic Asset
Management Plan.

Should you have any questions regarding the use of this template, please contact us at
https://www.assetivity.com.au/contact-assetivity.html.

I hope you find this template useful.

Regards…

Sandy Dunn
Managing Director, Assetivity

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This section provides an overview of the Strategic Asset Management Plan (SAMP) including:

 Overall statement of Strategic Initiatives

 Risk or Opportunity on objectives that may need to be specifically highlighted,
 Consideration of or dependence on critical resources

The purpose of the section is to ensure that senior executives and stakeholders can quickly
understand the key elements of the organisation’s asset management strategy and why these are
appropriate. To this end, diagrams and tables are often useful.

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Contents
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY...........................................................................................................................3
SCOPE AND PURPOSE............................................................................................................................5
ORGANISATIONAL CONTEXT..................................................................................................................5
PERFORMANCE – DESIRED AND FORECAST...........................................................................................5
ASSUMPTIONS.......................................................................................................................................6
STRATEGIC ASSET MANAGEMENT INITIATIVES.....................................................................................7
RESOURCE SUMMARY...........................................................................................................................7
RISKS AND OPPORTUNITIES...................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES/APPENDICES.....................................................................................................................8

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SCOPE AND PURPOSE
This section should contain a brief description of the role of the SAMP in the context of your
organisation’s Asset Management System/Framework. It should also describe who the intended
users of this document are, and how it is intended that the document would be used. It should also
state the time period covered by the plan (including whether this is a 5-year plan, 10-year plan or
something else).

An image or graphic outlining links to other related documents in your organisation’s Management
framework (such as the Organisational Strategic Plan, Strategic Plans for other Business Functions
(e.g. IT, HR etc.) Asset Management Policy, Asset Management Strategy, Asset Management Plans
etc.) could also be useful here. These details are likely to be included in your Asset Management
Strategy. In the absence of a tailored image for your organisation, the IAM’s Asset Conceptual Model
(contained in their Asset Management Landscape) may be a good starting point. The model
contained in ISO 55000 may also be used as an alternative starting point.

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ORGANISATIONAL CONTEXT
The intent of this section is to provide sufficient (but no more) “bigger picture” context to allow the
intended audience to understand some of the factors that have contributed to the selection of the
Strategic Asset Management Initiatives which will be outlined later in the SAMP.

The key is to keep it as brief as possible. This section has to be written with the end user in mind.
Try to avoid including information that they will almost certainly already know. Also avoid including
context that is not relevant to the Strategic Initiatives being proposed.

The starting point for content in this section is the analysis of the current state of the organisation as
required by ISO 55001:2014 Clauses 4.1 and 4.2.

The reader should be able to understand the organisation’s strategic priorities and objectives – e.g.
cost saving, capacity growth, safety compliance etc. so that they can understand how the proposed
Strategic Initiatives align with these priorities.

Accordingly, this section could include brief discussion of some or all of the following:

• Organisational Context and Organisational Objectives

• Relevant Stakeholder needs (regulators, customers, staff, owners…)
• Asset portfolio (general description and condition)
• Asset Management system (general description and condition, including process
maturity and workforce competence)
• Relevant considerations from the Asset Management Strategy

Additional detail could be provided as an Appendix if required.

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PERFORMANCE – DESIRED AND FORECAST
This section should clearly state the Asset Management Objectives (“results to be achieved”) and
how these relate to the achievement of Organisational Objectives. These objectives specify the
desired levels of performance that are required from the organisation’s assets and Asset
Management System if the organisation is to achieve its overall objectives. Asset Management
Objectives should be clearly stated, by time period (e.g. year) for the entire time period covered by
the SAMP.

These desired levels of performance (Objectives) should then be compared with the performance
that is expected to be achieved based on an assumption of “business as usual”.

If this can be done graphically, as illustrated below, this is ideal.

Accordingly, this section should include:

• Asset Management objectives, mapped to the organisational objectives

• Forecast levels of performance, assuming business as usual
• Identified current and future performance gaps

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ASSUMPTIONS
This section could be included in the SAMP at this point, or could be included earlier or later,
depending on organisational context. However, it must be included somewhere in the document.

All forecasts will be based on certain assumptions. And all assumptions have risks associated with
them. So this section should include the details of any significant (high risk) assumptions that have
been made in developing the SAMP and the nature and level of risk associated with them. Actions
proposed to avoid or mitigate the level of risk associated with the assumptions will be included later
in the SAMP, and if significant enough, may also have their own Strategic Asset Management
initiatives associated with them.

In certain organisational situations, the levels of uncertainty and associated levels of risk associated
with the assumptions made may warrant the development of alternative scenarios for planning
purposes. If this is the case, then each of those scenarios should have their own forecasts of
performance vs objectives (in the preceding section) developed for them, but ultimately, the
organisation will need to decide which scenario it considers to be most likely, and which will
therefore form the basis for the plan for future action (although contingency plans could also be
developed for application if the expected scenario does not eventuate).

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STRATEGIC ASSET MANAGEMENT INITIATIVES
This section is the core of the document. This is where the improvement initiatives required to
bridge the gaps between desired levels of performance (“Objectives”) and forecast levels of
performance that were outlined earlier in the plan are outlined.

The intent in this section is not to include every improvement initiative that is planned for Assets
and/or the Asset Management system. It is expected that these will, however, be included in the
Asset Management plans that sit below this Strategic Asset Management Plan. This document, the
Strategic Asset Management Plan is intended to be a high level, long-term focused document, and so
it should focus on the improvement initiatives that:

 Require coordinated activity across multiple Asset Management Plans and/or

 Are longer-term and higher-level in nature and/or
 Require coordination with improvement activities that may be included in Strategic Plans for
other business functions (e.g. Human Resources and/or IT Strategic Plans)

We call these “Strategic Initiatives” and the activities to be performed within each initative should be
described.

Once again, carefully consider the level of detail required here. As this is a high-level document,
most likely aimed at Senior Executives, it is unlikely that detailed project plans etc would be included
here. If desired, links or references to those more detailed planning documents may be included,
however.

Each Strategic Asset Management Initiative should be mapped against the Asset Management
Objectives (indicating the nature and impact of the initiative on these) and the priority,
responsibility, timelines, resources, measures of success and targets for these should be included in
this section.

Asset Management Initiative / Objectives Priority Responsible Timeframe Measure

Action Linked

This section should also highlight any dependencies (and the nature of those dependencies) that
exist between initiatives as well as dependencies on other initiatives that are included in Strategic
Plans for other business functions. How activities are going to be coordinated across initiatives and
across business functions in order to ensure that the plan is achieved should also be outlined in this
section.

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RESOURCE SUMMARY
This section should include a summary of the financial and other resources needed to undertake the
strategic initiatives and achieve the required objectives. This should include:

• Operating Expenditure Forecast

• Capital Expenditure Forecast
• Manning Requirements

Where the forecasts in the SAMP vary from those currently included in budgets, the relevant
variations should be highlighted.

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RISKS AND OPPORTUNITIES
ISO 55001:2014 Clause 6.1 requires the organisation to assess Asset Management risks and
opportunities. This section should include the most significant risks and opportunities associated
with the plan (remembering that Risk is defined as “the impact of uncertainty on objectives”).

This is likely to include the risks associated with the Assumptions made in developing the plan (as
outlined earlier), as well as any other relevant risks relating to the organisation’s Assets and Asset
Management System.

For each risk, the nature and level of risk should be outlined, as well as the action(s) proposed or in
place for mitigating the risk. Where more detail is required, reference could be made to external risk
assessment or risk management documents relating to the risk. External reference should also be
made to the organisational risk register (if this exists) to indicate that the risk has been incorporated
in the organisation’s Risk Management process.

Risk / Benefit rating

Risk / Opportunity Mitigation
Consequence /

Likelihood
Benefit

Abc 3 3 Medium

Abc 5 5 Extreme

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REFERENCES/APPENDICES
Any supporting detail required that is too lengthy to include in the body of the SAMP should either
be referenced from the SAMP or included as an Appendix. Be wary of including detail that exists in
other documents. Ideally, try to ensure that there is a “single source of truth” by including links to
other documents rather than repeating existing information in Appendices to the SAMP.

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