Optimizing the Asset Lifecycle

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Author: Brad Vinecombe

Title : Optimizing the Asset Lifecycle

© 2013, Bradford Vinecombe

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 - The Beginning

Chapter 2 - Value

Chapter 3 - Coming to Grips

Chapter 4 - Islands

Chapter 5 - Revolution

Chapter 6 - History

Chapter 7 - Gaps

Chapter 8 - Fitness

Chapter 9 - Maturity

Chapter 10 - Words of Encouragement

Chapter 11 - End State

Chapter 12 - Final Thoughts

THE BEGINNING

If you are like me there is never enough time to accomplish everything that you need to do, or worse still, what you want to do. As a result I focus solely on tasks that cannot be avoided while everything else is left until I find the time. For example, at any one point in time, my desk is covered in paper. Each document was deemed important