ASSET MANAGEMENT FOR SUSTAINABLE SERVICE DELIVERY: “When data collection is undertaken in the absence of critical thinking, one runs the risk of analysis paralysis,” stated Kim Stephens, Partnership for Water Sustainability (Summer 2024 issue of Asset Management BC Newsletter)
NOTE TO READER:
The Summer 2024 issue of the Asset Management BC Newsletter includes an article written by Kim Stephens, Executive Director of the Partnership for Water Sustainability in BC.
Critical thinking is a prerequisite for meaningful data collection!
When Wally Wells invited me to contribute an opinion piece to this edition, he said the newsletter theme is data management. So, I asked, what is the issue that you are highlighting?
Local governments need data that is meaningful for infrastructure asset management, Wally answered, but quality and usefulness have emerged as issues of paramount concern. Unfortunately, he added, we have stopped talking about THE SERVICES THAT ASSETS PROVIDE because asset managers have become preoccupied with THE ASSETS THEMSELVES.
TO LEARN MORE:
To read the complete article, download a copy of Critical thinking is a prerequisite for meaningful data collection! as published in the Summer 2024 issue of the Asset Management BC Newsletter
