Martin Williams · Mar 2, 2026
Welcome to the Maximo Mentor Series: Your Ultimate Roadmap to C1000-183 Certification!
Welcome to the Maximo Mentor Series — your ultimate roadmap to the IBM Maximo Manage v9.0 Functional Deployment certification exam (C1000-183). This series is structured around the nine core exam sections that collectively define the skills needed to pass the certification and work effectively with Maximo.
The Nine Exam Sections
- Maximo Application Suite (10% Weight) – Foundational MAS deployment on Red Hat OpenShift, including the Health and Predict applications, plus user administration via identity providers.
- Financial Configuration (5% Weight) – Chart of Accounts, GL Components, Budget Monitoring, and Asset Depreciation methods.
- Platform Configuration (26% Weight) – Organizations, Sites, Security Groups, Database Configuration, Automation Scripting, and Integration Framework.
- Asset & Inventory Management (15% Weight) – Equipment lifecycles, Asset Hierarchies, Meter types, Failure Codes, and inventory control processes.
- Procurement & Contract Management (7% Weight) – Requisition-to-Receipt workflows, PR/PO lifecycles, and specialized contracts.
- Work Management & Planning (16% Weight) – Job Plans, condition monitoring, Preventive Maintenance, and Work Order Intelligence.
- Configure Maximo Scheduler (11% Weight) – Graphical Scheduling, Assignment tools, and optimization models.
- Configure Service Management (6% Weight) – Service Request lifecycle and Service Level Agreements.
- Configure Work Safety (4% Weight) – Safety Plans, NFPA ratings, and Lockout/Tagout procedures.
Over the coming sessions we'll work through each of these sections in turn, pairing the official exam objectives with practical, real-world configuration tips so you walk away with certification-ready knowledge and genuinely useful Maximo skills. Stay tuned for Session 1, where we start with a high-level introduction to the Maximo Application Suite.