Reading Paths

Find the right documentation for your role — from evaluators and configurators to L&D managers, integrators, and security reviewers.

Not everyone needs to read everything. This page maps the documentation to your role — whether you're evaluating Maecos, configuring a module, rolling out training, or implementing as a partner.

Every module follows the same structure: General Principles → Components → Step Approach → Internal Connections → Use Cases. Once you learn to navigate one module, you can navigate them all.

I'm evaluating Maecos for my plant

You need to understand what the platform does, whether it fits your operational environment, and whether it meets your IT and security requirements.

1. What is Maecos? — Platform overview and positioning

2. Security & Compliance — Architecture, data protection, access control

3. Issues General Principles — Read one module's General Principles to understand the depth and approach

4. Browse Use Cases for the modules most relevant to your operation:

   • Issues Use Cases

   • Checklists Use Cases

   • Documents Use Cases

   • Skills & Training Use Cases

   • Downtimes Use Cases

   • Meetings Use Cases

5. Read the Smart Flow pages to see cross-module integration — this is where the platform advantage becomes visible:

   • Issues Smart Flow

   • Skills & Training Smart Flow

I'm configuring a new module

You need to understand the concepts, plan your configuration, and execute the setup. Follow this path for each module you're rolling out.

1. General Principles for your module — Understand what it does, the key decisions, and how it connects to other modules

2. Components & Options — Learn the terminology and configuration options before you start clicking

3. Step Approach — Start with the "Before you start" planning section, then follow the configuration steps, then validate with the "After configuration" checklist

4. Smart Flow with Other Modules — Understand how your module connects to others already in use

5. Use Cases — Find the use cases that match your scenario; the complexity indicators help you identify where to start

Module quick links:

Module	General Principles	Step Approach	Use Cases
Issues & Logbook	General	Steps	Use Cases
Checklists & Planned Work	General	Steps	Use Cases
Documents & Instructions	General	Steps	Use Cases
Skills & Training	General	Steps	Use Cases
Downtimes	General	Steps	Use Cases
Meetings & Actions	General	Steps	Use Cases

I'm an L&D or HR manager rolling out training

You need to understand how Skills & Training works, how to structure your skill architecture, and how training connects to operational permissions.

1. Skills & Training General Principles — Why this module matters and the key decisions around skill architecture, profiles, and qualification gating

2. Skills & Training Components — Understand skills, courses, proficiency levels, and the skill matrix

3. Skills & Training Step Approach — From planning through configuration to validation

4. Skills & Training Smart Flow — How skill qualifications gate access to other modules

5. Skills & Training Use Cases — Functional training, workforce planning, retraining, visitor and contractor training

6. Documents Smart Flow — How document updates trigger retraining

I'm a partner or integrator implementing Maecos

You need the full picture — configuration patterns, cross-module connections, and integration points.

1. What is Maecos? and Roles & Architecture — Platform fundamentals

2. All Step Approach pages — These include "Before you start" planning guidance and "After configuration" validation checklists for each module

3. All Smart Flow pages — Cross-module integration is where implementation complexity lives; understand these connections before you scope a project

4. All Components & Options pages — Detailed configuration references for every module

5. Security & Compliance — Architecture, SSO, and data residency details

6. Use Cases across modules — Use the complexity indicators to plan phased rollouts: start with Start here use cases, then progress to Intermediate and Advanced

I'm evaluating security and compliance

You need architecture details, data protection policies, and access control mechanisms.

1. Security & Compliance — Platform architecture, hosting, encryption, and compliance certifications

2. Roles & Architecture — User roles and permission model

3. Review the Permissions pages within each module's Internal Connections section — these show how access control works per module

4. Skills & Training Smart Flow — Skill-based access rights as a security mechanism