Issue 1: ten weeks of plain-English questions at Stena Drilling, and where to start with AI over Maximo

Seven people at Stena Drilling asked 425 plain-English questions of a copy of their Maximo over ten weeks, told in their words and ours. Where an AI fits in an ISO 55000 asset management system, and three moves for deploying one over Maximo. What we are building for questions over Maximo data, and AI Tester in early access. And MaxTAF 2.8.0 in two minutes.

Most of what we learn running Maximo test and AI tooling for utilities, rail and water never makes it into a release note. This letter is where it goes: one issue a month, three or four short pieces, written from our own work.

This month the piece to read is the first one. Stena Drilling, an offshore drilling contractor on Maximo Application Suite 9, ran Interpretos over a standalone copy of its Maximo for ten weeks this summer and agreed to be named. It is the first case from our own work we can publish under the customer's name, and it includes four problems and how they were resolved. The second piece is where governing an AI like that starts: every organisation we talk to has been asked for a position on AI in maintenance, and the answer is already in your asset management system, in the criticality criteria, the strategy per asset class and the approval thresholds. The third piece is about how much of your Maximo data a single question can actually reach, and the fourth is the 2.8.0 release in two minutes.

Alex Delic, MaxTAF

01 IN THIS ISSUE

4 pieces this month.

02 THE ASK

Which Maximo version are you on, and what would you want an AI to test or answer for you first?

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