Asset management objectives capture bothstrategic intentandperformance expectations. They serve as the basis for determining investment priorities, risk controls, and lifecycle decisions.

Arefers to the long-term vision of asset management.

Bspecifies measurable technical and functional requirements.Both are correct and together form the foundation of asset-centric organizational planning.

Exact Extract from IAM – Asset Management: An Anatomy (v4), Section 4.3.1 – Asset Management Objectives:

“Asset management objectives describe what the organization aims to achieve from managing its assets, including both long-term direction and specific capability and performance outcomes.”