Criticality Poker

Criticality Poker: Collaborative Asset Criticality Assessment

Discover Criticality Poker, an innovative tool designed to foster collaboration and consensus within organizations on the criticality of their assets. This engaging card game brings together representatives from key departments to systematically evaluate and prioritize systems based on predefined criteria. Participants assess the potential impact of worst-case scenarios, presenting their views using numbered cards that signify levels of criticality.

How It Works:

1. Pre-Alignment: Teams align on criticality criteria to ensure a unified approach to evaluation.
2. Assessment: Through a series of rounds, participants use Criticality Poker cards to rate each asset’s importance to organizational operations.
3. Discussion & Consensus: Differences in card numbers spark discussions, helping teams understand diverse perspectives and reach a consensus.
4. Documentation: Agreed criticality levels are documented in the Criticality Analysis Sheet, streamlining the process and aiding future reviews.

Benefits

• Enhanced Collaboration: Encourages interdepartmental communication and understanding.
• Efficient Prioritization: Quickly identifies the most critical assets, aiding in effective resource allocation.
• Consensus Building: Promotes agreement on asset criticality through structured discussions.

Join organizations worldwide in implementing Criticality Poker to make informed decisions about asset management and risk prioritization. Ideal for industries ranging from manufacturing to IT infrastructure, this tool is a valuable addition to any organization’s risk management strategy.

Why Use Criticality Poker?

Criticality Poker simplifies what can often be a complex and subjective task of determining asset criticality. By gamifying the process, it fosters engagement from all team members, ensuring that multiple perspectives are considered. This structured approach helps teams avoid potential blind spots and make more balanced decisions.

• Objective Evaluation: By using a standardized scoring system, Criticality Poker helps teams move beyond gut feelings or personal biases when assessing asset importance.
• Transparency: The open discussion of differences in criticality ratings encourages transparency and helps surface potential risks that might otherwise go unnoticed.
• Inclusive Decision-Making: With representatives from different departments involved, Criticality Poker ensures that decisions reflect the full spectrum of operational concerns, from safety and finance to engineering and logistics.

How to Implement Criticality Poker in Your Organisation

1. Form the Team: Gather representatives from key areas of your organization, such as maintenance, operations, finance, and safety. Ensure that each department has a voice in the process.
2. Align on Criteria: Define the criticality criteria in advance, ensuring everyone understands the parameters for evaluation, such as the potential impact on safety, production, financial loss, or compliance.
3. Facilitate the Sessions: Assign a facilitator to guide the Criticality Poker sessions, ensuring that all perspectives are heard, and disagreements are respectfully discussed and resolved.
4. Document and Review: After each round, document the agreed-upon criticality scores for each asset or system in the Criticality Analysis Sheet. Regularly review and update this documentation to reflect changes in the organization’s priorities or external factors.

Integrating Criticality Poker with Reliability-Centred Maintenance (RCM)

Criticality Poker can serve as a valuable complement to RCM initiatives by helping teams prioritize which assets require focused maintenance strategies.