Service and Delivery

Knowledge Element: Commissioning a System

Definition of Knowledge Element:

Know how to bring a newly installed or modified system to full working order and how to explain the operation of the system to the customer.

A very brief summary of the Knowledge:

Consider how the standard commissioning procedure will need to be applied for the specific system that has been installed. It is normally important to ensure that all elements of the system are safe before any power is connected. Make sure that power cables are not damaged and that signal cables should also be tested. Once the installation is secure, software will need to be installed on the PC. This may need systems to be available during installation so have power off but ready.

A summary of expert opinion:

The knowledge named 'Commissioning a System' is considered to be very important.
In addition, the knowledge is thought to be very difficult to replace, it is learned with a study experience balance, and Between 30% and 60% of Group are Experts.
It is also specialised knowledge, and quite frequently changing knowledge.
See Parameter table below for more detail.

Risk:

This knowledge element has a risk value of 6.47, whilst the average risk for the whole knowledge structure is 4.862. Consult the RISK page for more details.

The average risk of the prerequisite family of this knowledge node is 5.122 (adjusting for nodes with few members of the prerequisite family).

This figure for the average risk of the prerequisite family is in the top ten percent of high risk for this knowledge study.

The average normalised prerequisite family risk of the whole map 2.122, whilst the average for the top ten percent family risk is 5.152.

Knowledge linked by learning dependency:

Postrequisite knowledge implies that Commissioning a System must be understood before for a person can gain a full understanding of the knowledge listed in the top row of the Linked Knowledge table.

Prerequisite knowledge (bottom row in the Linked Knowledge table), is knowledge that should be understood before a full understanding of Commissioning a System is possible.

This node has a prerequisite family consiting of 16 nodes, including the direct prerequisite knowledge shown above.

Parameters assigned for Commissioning a System.

People Involved with Commissioning a System:

Computed Similarity

The most similar node to Commissioning a System is Qualify a service call.

The most dissimilar node to Commissioning a System is Organise Accommodation.