1 - A plant asset management system, comprising in combination: a processing device, a display device coupled to said processing device for providing a graphical user interface to a user in response to receipt of signals from said processing device, a selection device coupled to said processing device for navigating about said graphical user interface and making selections, said graphical user interface including a first view in a first window and a second view in a second window simultaneously displayed on said display device; means for linking said first view in said first window with said second view in said second window so that a selection by said selection device of a first asset representation in said first view results in a synchronous navigation from one second asset representation in said second view to another second asset representation in said second view without said selection device interfacing with said second view in said second window so that said one second asset representation in said second view navigates to said another asset representation in said second view that is correlative to said selected first asset representation in said first view for managing plant assets.