One of the most important items in maintenance management is developing a good plan to guide operations within the district. Districts should develop long range strategies and one-year maintenance work plans to implement those strategies. The one-year plan should be developed after the respective district maintenance budget has been determined. The plan should be a result of analyzing historical quantities of work performed and the resulting level of service.

Information on quantities of work may be found in the (MMS) reports. Levels of service information can be found from the (PMIS) or the Texas Maintenance Assessment Program reports.