Method and system for updating a simulation plan for training personnel on system maintenance

A method for updating an original simulation plan into an updated simulation plan considering an updated Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) maintenance manual comprising an updated content describing one or more updated maintenance actions, the method comprising:

• a) creating into memory the updated simulation plan of an interactive simulated multi-component system preserving the updated content comprising section markers from the updated OEM maintenance manual, wherein each of the section markers corresponds to one or more real components of the real multi-component OEM system, the updated simulation plan being required for development of an updated interactive computer simulation of the interactive simulated multi-component system for training personnel on maintenance of a real multi-component OEM system, the real multi-component OEM system corresponding to the interactive simulated multi-component system of the updated interactive computer simulation;
• b) loading into memory the original simulation plan comprising a plurality of original section descriptors, the original simulation plan being created from an original content preserved in the original simulation plan from an original OEM maintenance manual for the real multi-component OEM system;
• c) identifying one or more updated section descriptors in the updated simulation plan, comprising an updated maintenance-action content, considering the section markers in the updated simulation plan and the plurality of original section descriptors in the original simulation plan, the updated maintenance-action content comprising an updated expected behavior of the real multi-component OEM system;
• d) when the updated maintenance-action content comprises a new real component of the real multi-component OEM system, associating a new simulated component with the one or more updated section descriptors in the updated simulation plan;
• e) updating a simulation-specification of the one or more updated section descriptors in the updated simulation plan for developing one or more updated interactive simulated maintenance procedures from the updated maintenance-action content;
• f) adding a simulation-work-order to the simulation-specification for updating a simulated behavior of the simulated system during the updated interactive simulated maintenance procedure;
• g) adding a design-work-order for preparing one or more animated sequences for displaying the updated expected simulated behavior of the simulated system during the updated interactive computer simulation of the simulated system;
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• h) storing into memory the updated simulation plan comprising the simulation-specification, wherein development of the updated interactive computer simulation of the simulated system necessitates completion of the simulation-specification and wherein the training of the personnel on maintenance of the real multi-component OEM system necessitates completion of the development of the updated interactive computer simulation of the interactive simulated multi-component system.