The objective with this paper is to present ideas, views, and experiences to form general guidelines for a condition based maintenance (CBM) implementation model. Empirics on the topic have been gathered through E-mail questions to a group of professionals within the Swedish maintenance field. Ideas, views, and personal experiences of the respondents are presented, compared, and analyzed. 14 factors were distinguished as important to take in consideration when implementing CBM. The most interesting finding though might be found in the aspect of a relative common ground that the respondents from the different groups have provided in their answers. It thus seems that it might be possible to develop a general implementation model for condition monitoring (CM) tools and the CBM strategy, at least more strategic guidelines. A first draft of such guidelines is presented in the result section of the paper.