Dynamic maintenance management system

A computer program, tangibly stored on a computer-readable medium, for use in a system comprising one or more computers operable to run process control software and one or more computers operable to run maintenance management software, the program comprising instructions to:

• associate process control process variables accessible to the process control software with maintenance management data equipment identifiers accessible to the maintenance management software by creating a link associating a select one of the process variables with a select one of the equipment identifiers using a common graphical user interface for both the process control software and the maintenance management software, the common graphical user interface displaying a plurality of process variables and a plurality of equipment identifiers in a dialog box, the dialog box containing controls allowing a user to indicate an association of process variables with equipment identifiers.

A process of integrating two pre-existing separate systems, one a process control system and the other a maintenance management system, for the same plant process, comprising:

• associating process control process variables accessible to the Process control software with maintenance management data equipment identifiers accessible to the maintenance management software, by creating a link associating a select one of the process variables with a select one of the equipment identifiers using a common graphical user interface for both the process control software and the maintenance management software, the common graphical user interface displaying a plurality of process variables and a plurality of equipment identifiers in a dialog box, the dialog box containing controls allowing a user to indicate an association of process variables with equipment identifiers.