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Requirements feasibilty and technical risk assessment
Another in the occasional series of posts on systems engineering, here’s a guide to evaluating technical risk, based on the degree of technical maturity of the solution. The idea of using technical...
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Safety myths and SILs
I was thinking about how the dubious concept of ‘safety integrity levels’ continues to persist in spite of protracted criticism. in essence if the flaws in the concept of SILs are so obvious why they...
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How not to get asked back to do a WHS risk assessment…
From Les Hatton, here’s how, in four easy steps: Insist on using R = F x C in your assessment. This will panic HR (People go into HR to avoid nasty things like multiplication.) Put “end of universe” as...
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Casey and the reactor
Interesting article on old school rail safety and lessons for the modern nuclear industry. As a somewhat ironic addendum the early nuclear industry safety studies also overlooked the risks posed by...
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Technical debt
Paying down the debt A great term that I’ve just come across, technical debt is a metaphor coined by Ward Cunningham to reflect on how a decision to act expediently for an immediate reason may have...
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