Beheertuurtijden

Beheertuurtijden is a Dutch term used in several professional domains to refer to scheduled timeframes during which management activities are planned and carried out on a system, asset or process. The scope typically includes routine maintenance, monitoring, upgrades, inspections and governance reviews, and the exact activities are determined by domain-specific policies.

Etymology: The word is composed of beheer (management), uur (hour) and tijden (times), indicating planned time windows for management actions.

Scope and domains: In information technology and data centers, beheertuurtijden align with maintenance windows, backup windows and patch cycles, typically defined in service level agreements to minimize user impact. In facility management or industrial operations, they cover inspections, regulatory compliance tasks, and system recalibrations.

Scheduling and impact: Beheertuurtijden are scheduled during periods of lowest risk or usage; notification and change-approval processes apply; the duration can range from minutes to several hours and may recur on a fixed cadence.

Metrics: Common metrics include frequency per month, average duration, number of scheduled vs. unplanned interventions, and adherence to planned windows.

Example: A university data center sets beheertuurtijden on Tuesday nights 02:00–04:00 for firmware updates, with emergency contact procedures and rollback plans.

Relationship to related concepts: It intersects with maintenance, change management, service windows, and SLAs.

They are a practical organizing principle for coordinating complex operations that require deliberate control over when management actions occur.