A new maintenance management model expressed in UML

This article shows part of the process of designing and modeling a new maintenance management model completely aligned to the quality management standard ISO 9001:2008 and expressed using the Unified Modeling Language (UML); the features of this modeling language gives the possibility of easily integrate the maintenance process into the general information system of an organization and to create a flexible structure to adapt it to new necessities. This article begins describing the suggested new maintenance model and the methodology used to design it; next are exposed some important concepts about processes modeling and then some of the modeled diagrams are presented: the general architecture, the goals tree diagram, an specific process (Control & Improvement) and a state diagram for the Maintenance Work Order. This paper finishes with the conclusions and the references used during the research.