EAM.1:1 - Problem frame

Use this pattern when an asset decision lacks a clear service or value question. A pump has become expensive to maintain, an asset register has been completed, or a replacement budget is available, but the practitioner still needs to establish what the choice should achieve.

Begin with the requested answer: for which asset and receiving use should the practitioner compare continued use or change, over what horizon? Agree with the decision maker which options to compare for the named asset, which service they must provide, and over what period. An existing adequate framing can be retained.

A single asset can need this work. When the question is only how to maintain an already selected function, use the applicable maintenance guidance directly.