3rd Edition
Asset Management Excellence Optimizing Equipment Life-Cycle Decisions
1. Asset Management Excellence
Don M. Barry
Previous contributions from Don M. Barry and John D. Campbell
2. Asset Classes and the World of Life Cycle Asset Management
Don M. Barry
Previous contributions from Joel McGlynn and Frank "Chip" Knowlton
3. A Framework for Asset Management
Don M. Barry
Previous contributions from Thomas Port, Joseph Ashun, and Thomas J. Callaghan
4. Measurement of Asset Management
Don M. Barry
Previous contributions from Don M. Barry and J. Stevens
5. Asset Management Systems and Technology
Don M. Barry
Previous contributions from Don M. Barry, Brian Helstrom, Joe Potter, and Ben Stevens
6. Maintenance Parts Management Optimization
Don M. Barry
Previous contributions from Don M. Barry, Eric Olsen, and Monique Petit
7. Assessing and Managing Risk
Don M. Barry
Previous contributions from Siegried F. Sanders, J. Kaderavek, and G. Walker
8. Reliability by Design - Reliability-centred Maintenance
Don M. Barry
Previous contributions from Don M. Barry and Jim Picknell
9. Reliability by Operator: Total Productive Maintenance (TPM)
Don M. Barry
Previous contributions from Doug Stretton and Patrice Catoir
10. Reliability Management and Maintenance Optimization: Basic Statistics and Economics
Andrew K. S. Jardine
Original by Murray Wiseman
11. Maintenance Optimization Models
Andrew K. S. Jardine
12. Optimizing Maintenance and Replacement Decisions
Andrew K. S. Jardine
Previous contributions from Andrew K. S. Jardine and Murray Wiseman
13. A Maintenance Assessment Case Study
Don M. Barry
Previous contributions from Don M. Barry
14. Real Estate, Facilities, and Construction
Brett Barlow and Atif Sheikh
Original by Andrew Carey and Joe Potter
15. IT Service Management Lifecycle
Brian Helstrom
Previous contributions from Brian Helstrom and Ron Green
16. Information Technology Asset Management
Brian Helstrom
Previous contributions from Ron Green and Brian Helstrom
17. Achieving Asset Management Excellence
Don M. Barry
Previous contributions from Don M. Barry and John D. Campbell
18. Enabling Change in Asset Management
Don M. Barry
19. Sustainability and Asset Management
Don M. Barry
20. Technology Trends in Asset Management
Don M. Barry
Previous contributions from Joel McGlynn and Don Fenhagen
Appendix A. References, Facts, Figures and Formulas
Appendix B. Emerging Asset Management Standards in Industry
Biography
Donald Barry is a Principal Consultant with an Asset Management and Technology Services organization, supporting Risk and Reliability Strategies, ISO55000 and Asset Management Strategy consulting, Enterprise Asset Management, and Asset Performance Management solutions. Previously he was the Global Lead for IBM’s Asset Management Center of Competency and an Associate Partner, leading IBM’s Asset Management Practice (for 15 years).
Don Barry has over 40 years of asset management-related service delivery support systems and application development, including three years in field service management and 15 years in business process development and supply chain management.
Mr. Barry’s direct client list has included industries such as Upstream Oil and Gas, Pipelines, Power Generation and T&D Utilities, Mining, Forestry, Airlines, Electronics Manufacturers, Steel Manufacturers, and Federal, Provincial, and Municipal Governments.
He is a primary instructor of the Physical Asset Management program at the University of Toronto and has been teaching this class since 2014.
Publications:
He was a prime contributor to the 2nd edition of “Asset Management Excellence – Optimizing Equipment Life-cycle Decisions” published in 2011, CRC Press.
He is the author of Maintenance Parts Management Excellence, A Holistic Anatomy, published in 2023 by CRC Press.
Function and specialization
- Asset Management strategy and change consultant, instructor, and Program Executive
- EAM (i.e., Maximo) and related systems implementation Program Executive
- Reliability Centered Maintenance Practitioner
- Maintenance Parts Management consultant and Program Executive
- Consulting Professional
Mr. Barry is a recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award in Plant and Production Maintenance, awarded by Federated Press.






