1. Discuss why civil system maintenance is a critical issue in your country, state, or province.
2. Efforts by a systems owner or operator to maintain the system must be guided by a set of good practices or principles. List and discuss any three of these principles. Your discussion should include a statement of the problems that could arise if that principle is not met.
3. Discuss the differences between maintenance decision making at a system-of-systems level and at a facility level. How do these two levels interact with each other?
4. What are the three key mechanisms used for making maintenance decisions? Prepare a table showing the pros and cons of each mechanism.