Overview of move management

In the IBM® Maximo® Real Estate and Facilities application, the management of moves includes managing move service requests, planning scheduled moves, and planning strategic moves.

Move management roles
The move manager is responsible for moving people, assets, and equipment within an organization to ensure that move requests and move projects are implemented as required. Meanwhile, the move planner is responsible for assembling move projects so that strategic space plans or facility move plans are organized with minimal cost and disruption. Depending on the organization, these roles might be held by the same person or by many people.
Move requests
Similar to a typical service request, a move request follows the service management process. The move request is submitted by the requester, assigned to a move task or move project, and completed when the move is completed. In this process, move planning is not necessarily involved and the move manager plays a central role in managing the move request.
Move planning
Unlike the service management process, the move planning process can reassign a move request to a different move task or move project. In this process, the move planner plays a central role in creating move line items from the move requests, and assembling the items into move projects. The move manager might also have a role in approving the move project or marking the project as completed.
Strategic facility planning
The strategic planning process begins with IBM Maximo Real Estate and Facilities Strategic Facility Planning. In this process, the space planner plays a central role in preparing the planning environment, portfolio plans, and space plans. For each space plan, the space planner can create and compare different space scenarios. The space planner can also assign approved scenarios to a specific move planner. Similar to the move planning process, the move planner can create move line items from a specific scenario, and assemble the items into move projects.
The following figure shows the initiation of the move management process, and the difference between the move planning process and the move request process.
Figure 1. Initiation of the move management process
An image that shows the initiation of the move management process, and the difference between the move planning process and the move request process.
The following figure shows the completion of the move management process.
Figure 2. Completion of the move management process
An image that shows the completion of the move management process.