RBI Inspection Plans
About Inspection Plans
An Inspection Plan allows you to view, manage, approve, and implement all RBI Recommended Actions related to an Asset. Inspection Plans are created for RBI Assets when one of the related components has an analysis that is moved to the Risk Completed state. When a user generates recommendations for RBI Analyses, the RBI Recommended Actions are added to Inspection Plans. An RBI Analyst can perform actions like supersede, mark as not required, or delete RBI Recommended Actions before approving the inspection plan.
After an Inspection Plan is approved, organizations can decide if they want to implement the approved RBI Recommended Actions through Inspection Plan or Asset Strategy Management. If an organization decides to implement the approved Recommended Actions through Inspection Plan, RBI Analysts can create a new inspection task or link an existing task to a Recommended Action. The Inspection Plan also displays the existing inspection tasks for an asset.
States of an Inspection Plan
Proposed
When an Inspection Plan is created, it will be in the Proposed state. An Inspection Plan is created for an RBI Asset when one of the related components has an analysis that is moved to the Risk Completed state. For Assets with multiple RBI Components, Inspection Plans are created when you finalize risk of an analysis for a single component.
Approved
After an analyst has reviewed all the Recommended Actions in an Inspection Plan, they can approve the Inspection Plan by transitioning it to the Approved state. This will also create or update the asset strategy for the Asset automatically, by creating or updating any Risks and Actions sourced from RBI. After an Inspection Plan is approved, all the related RBI Recommended Actions will move to the Approved state. An analyst can approve the Inspection Plan if all the RBI Components related to the asset have at least one active RBI Analysis.
Modified
An Inspection Plan is modified whenever reassessment or evergreening of RBI is done for the Asset. If the Inspection Plan is in the Approved state, and an analyst finalizes the risk for an analysis of an RBI Component, the Inspection Plan state is changed to Modified. When the state of an Inspection Plan is changed from Approved to Modified, APM creates an Inspection Plan history record containing a snapshot of the Recommended Actions associated with the approved plan along with its implementation history.
About Inspection Plan Approval
- Degradation Mechanisms (DMs) are used to create Risks in ASM.
- Recommendations are used to create Actions.
For more information on ASM Integration, see About Asset Strategy Management (ASM) Integration.
When an Inspection Plan is in the Approved state, users can create or link Inspection Tasks to the related RBI Recommendations.
If the MI RBI Analyst transitions another RBI Criticality Analysis for an RBI Component linked to the asset related to the Inspection Plan to the Risk Completed state, the Inspection Plan will be moved to the Modified state.
An MI Inspection Plan Approver or MI Compliance Analyst can then delete, mark as not required, or supersede Compliance Recommendations.
Each time the Inspection Plan is changed from the Approved to Modified state, an Inspection Plan Revision record is created and linked to the existing Inspection Plan. For each existing RBI Recommendation record, a Recommendation Revision record is created and linked to the Inspection Plan Revision.
Additionally, the MI Inspection Plan Approver must change the state of the Inspection Plan to Approved before linking more Inspection Tasks to the plan.
About Modifying an Inspection Plan
An MI RBI Analyst can modify an Inspection Plan associated with an Asset by changing the state of an RBI Criticality Analysis for an RBI Component that is linked to the Asset to the Risk Completed state. This will archive the previous Risk Completed Analysis and its related RBI Recommendations. The archived RBI Recommendations will be unlinked from the Inspection Plan.
- Any existing RBI Recommendations on the active analysis of the component are unlinked from the Inspection Plan and moved to the Archived state.Note: If the parent asset has multiple components, the RBI Recommendations linked to the other components are unaffected and remain in the Approved state.
- The Inspection Tasks previously linked to the recommendations are unlinked from the recommendations. However, the tasks remain linked to the asset.
- If RBI Recommendations are created or generated, the resulting recommendations populate the Inspection Plan.
- If the Inspection Plan is in the Approved State:
- The plan is moved from the Approved to Modified state.
- An Inspection Plan Revision record is created and linked to the existing Inspection Plan.
- For each existing recommendation record linked to the Inspection Plan, a Recommendation Revision record is created and linked to the Inspection Plan Revision.
Access an Inspection Plan
You can access an Inspection Plan for an asset, component, and RBI Criticality Analysis.
Procedure
Delete an Inspection Plan
You can delete Inspection Plans that are obsolete or unnecessary.
Before You Begin
- MI Inspection Plan Approver
- MI Compliance Analyst
Procedure
Approve an Inspection Plan
Any user with the MI Inspection Plan Approver Security Role can move an Inspection Plan to the Approved state. After the Inspection Plan is approved, recommendations can be implemented as tasks.
About This Task
Approving an Alternative Inspection Plan will automatically implement tasks. For more information, refer to Approve an Alternative Inspection Plan.
Procedure
About Alternative Inspection Plans
The APM provides an Alternative Inspection Plan functionality to enhance usability and flexibility of the existing Inspection Plan. An Alternative Inspection Plan is created manually, when an RBI Analyst analyzes and finalizes the risk for each component linked to the RBI Asset.
- Inspection Plan- Contains the information about the Inspection Plan.
- Inspection Plan Details- Contains the inspection strategies, which are needed to mitigate the damage mechanism that is identified during the RBI analysis.
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The policy content returns inspection strategy records which are mapped to Inspection Plan Detail Records.
Inspection Plan Detail Field | Inspection Strategy Field | Behavior and Usage | ||||||||||||
Task Type | Inspection Task Type | The picklist will be populated with all Inspection Task Types that are valid for the given Degradation Mechanism based on the Degradation Mechanism Strategy family. | ||||||||||||
Highest Level of Inspection | Inspection Confidence |
The Inspection Confidence is converted to a Level of Inspection Category (A - E) as follows:
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Extent | Inspection Extent | The picklist will be populated with all the Extents that are valid for the selected Task Type and given Degradation Mechanism based on the Degradation Mechanism Strategy family. | ||||||||||||
Inspection Scope | Recommended Inspection Scope | The picklist will be populated with the Recommended Inspection Scope for the selected Task Type, Extent, Inspection Confidence, and given Degradation Mechanism based on the Degradation Mechanism Strategy family. | ||||||||||||
Interval Scope | Recommended Inspection Interval | The picklist will be populated with the Recommended Inspection Interval for the selected Task Type, Extent, Inspection Confidence, and given Degradation Mechanism based on the Degradation Mechanism Strategy family. |
To view the Inspection Strategies that are valid for a Degradation Mechanism you can run the following query and select the Degradation Mechanism:
SELECT [MI_DEGMECH_STRAT].[MI_DEGMECH_STRAT_DM_C] "Degradation Mechanism"
, [MI_DEGMECH_STRAT].[MI_DEGMECH_STRAT_ID_C] "Inspection Strategy ID"
, [MI_INSP_STRAT].[MI_INSP_STRAT_TASK_TYPE_C] "Inspection Task Type"
, [MI_INSP_STRAT].[MI_INSP_STRAT_CONF_C] "Inspection Confidence"
, [MI_INSP_STRAT].[MI_INSP_STRAT_EXTENT_C] "Inspection Extent"
, [MI_INSP_STRAT].[MI_INSP_STRAT_REC_SCOPE_T] "Recommended Inspection Scope"
, [MI_INSP_STRAT].[MI_INSP_STRAT_REC_INT_N] "Recommended Interval"
FROM [MI_DEGMECH_STRAT] JOIN [MI_INSP_STRAT]
ON [MI_DEGMECH_STRAT].[MI_DEGMECH_STRAT_ID_C] = [MI_INSP_STRAT].[MI_INSP_STRAT_ID_C]
WHERE [MI_DEGMECH_STRAT].[MI_DEGMECH_STRAT_DM_C] = (? :s :id=DM :table='MI_DEGRADATION_MECHANISM_TYPES')
In the Alternative Inspection Plan, you can manually add the strategies to mitigate any additional risk for damage mechanisms.
After adding strategies to the Inspection Plan, RBI Analysts can review the implementation strategies such as target inspection date, interval, and interval scope. The Inspection Plan Details display the proposed next date for all the inspection strategies to help with the implementation cycle. An RBI Analyst can select the implementation methods like creating a new task versus linking to an existing task. After an Inspection Plan is reviewed and approved, implementation strategies can be executed based on the selections made by the RBI Analysts.
You can also perform actions such as Edit an Approved Plan, Update the Plan, and Capture the Revision History, including asset information to ensure a flexible, easy-to-use, and seamless inspection planning process.
- Compliance Management
- When you use the Alternative Inspection Plan process, the compliance recommendations have the following behavior:
- If the parent asset has no RBI components linked, you can continue to use the current inspection plan workflow which supports compliance recommendation.
- If the parent asset has at least one RBI component linked, you will be forced to use the Alternative Inspection Plan and will not be able to view the compliance recommendations.
- When you use the Alternative Inspection Plan process, the compliance recommendations have the following behavior:
- RBI Inspection Grouping
- Promotion to Asset Strategy Management
Create an Alternative Inspection Plan
When the alternative Inspection Plan preference is set to True, an MI RBI Analyst can create an Inspection Plan from the RBI Asset page.
About This Task
The Inspection Plan should be created once the analyst has analyzed and finalized risk for each component linked to the RBI Asset.
Procedure
Update an Alternative Inspection Plan
An MI RBI Analyst can update an Inspection Plan from either the RBI Asset page or the Inspection Plan page. This removes the current Inspection Plan Detail records and regenerate new Inspection Plan Details based on the current risk complete analyses.
About This Task
- Any existing Inspection Plan Details are removed.
- The Inspection tasks previously linked to the Inspection Plan details are unlinked from the details. However, the tasks remain linked to the asset.
- New Inspection Plan Details are generated based on the Degradation Mechanisms on the Risk Complete analyses related to the Asset.
- If the Inspection Plan is in the Approved State:
- The plan is moved from the Approved to Modified state.
- An Inspection Plan Revision record is created and linked to the existing Inspection Plan.
- For each existing Inspection Plan detail record linked to the Inspection Plan, an Inspection Plan detail revision record is created and linked to the Inspection Plan Revision.
Procedure
Edit an Approved Alternative Inspection Plan
An MI RBI Analyst can edit an approved alternative Inspection Plan from the Inspection Plan page. This will enable the current Inspection Plan record and related Inspection Plan Details for modification.
About This Task
- The plan is moved from the approved to modified state.
- An Inspection Plan Revision record is created and linked to the existing Inspection Plan.
- For each existing Inspection Plan detail record linked to the Inspection Plan, an Inspection Plan Detail Revision record is created and linked to the Inspection Plan Revision.
Procedure
Add an Inspection Plan Detail record to an Alternative Inspection Plan
To add an Inspection Plan Detail Record, the Alternative Inspection Plan must be in either Proposed or Modified state.
About This Task
Use the Inspection Plan page, to add an Inspection Plan Detail which was not generated automatically during Inspection plan creation.
Procedure
Mark an Inspection Plan Detail to be Implemented to an Inspection Task
About This Task
Procedure
Approve an Alternative Inspection Plan
Any user with the MI Inspection Plan Approver Security Role can move an Inspection Plan to the Approved state. When the Inspection Plan is approved, Inspection Plan Details are implemented as Tasks.
About This Task
Inspection Plan details are implemented as tasks when the Task field is set on the Inspection Plan detail record. The user can select either Create New, or a pre-existing Task linked to the Asset in the Task field before approving the Inspection Plan. Once approved, the Inspection Task will be created and/or linked to the Inspection Plan detail.
Procedure
Implement Inspection Plan Detail to a New Inspection Task
When implementing Inspection Plan Detail to a new Inspection Task, the Inspection Task fields are populated with the following values:
Field | Value | Source |
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Desired Interval |
The value of the Interval Scope field. | Inspection Plan Detail |
Desired Interval Basis |
RBI 580 or RBI 581 Note:
| Inspection Plan Detail |
Last Date | The value of the Last Date field. | Inspection Plan Detail |
Next Date | The value will be calculated and populated based on the Last Date and Desired Interval. | Inspection Plan Detail |
Override Interval |
False | Inspection Plan Detail |
Reason | The value in the Methodology field. | Inspection Plan Detail |
Reoccurring | The value in the Reoccurring field. | Inspection Plan Detail |
Task Details | The value in the Inspection Scope field concatenated with the value in the Basis field. | Inspection Plan Detail |
Task ID |
The value in the Degradation Mechanism field concatenated with the value in the Task Type field. | Inspection Plan Detail |
Task Type | The value in the Task Type field. | Inspection Plan Detail |
Implement Inspection Plan Detail to an Existing Inspection Task
When implementing Inspection Plan Detail to an existing Inspection Task, the Inspection Task fields are populated with the following values:
Field | Value | Source |
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Desired Interval |
The least value of Interval Scope among the related Inspection Plan Details. Note:
| Inspection Plan Detail |
Desired Interval Basis |
RBI 580 or RBI 581 Note:
| Inspection Plan Detail |
Reason | The value in the Methodology field. | Inspection Plan Detail |
Reoccurring | The value in the Reoccurring field. Note: If the Inspection Plan Detail is already linked to an Inspection Task, the Reoccurring field of the Inspection Task will be updated with the Reoccurring field on the detail, when the Inspection Plan is approved. | Inspection Plan Detail |
Task Details | The value in the Inspection Scope field concatenated with the value in the Basis field. Note:
| Inspection Plan Detail |
Task Type | The value in the Task Type field. Note: If the Inspection Plan Detail is already linked to an Inspection Task, the Task Type of the Inspection Task will be updated with the Task Type on the detail, when the Inspection Plan is approved. | Inspection Plan Detail |