This paper is based on six Swedish companies’ effort to define and use a maintenance strategy. Using an analysis tool to define the present situation, the companies can describe, analyze, and evaluate the road from a present situation to a new one. Factors hindering and promoting the implementation of their strategies have been identified. They slowed down work, and also hindered the implementation of targeted and prioritized areas in their strategies! Finally, the paper report about an in-depth analysis of one of the most wanted achievements in maintenance organizations – an increase of preventive work in relation to corrective measures.