The latest version of IncidentXP & BowtieXP, software release 9.2, allows a new way of showing incident data on a bowtie diagram. We think that the bowtie is a communicative tool and as such, we should add as many features as possible that can help you communicate and visualize information. This blog post offers a [...]
During the process of doing a risk analysis, there is a point where companies want to estimate the expected performance of their barriers. This is usually taken into account when doing a final risk assessment on risk matrix level, to gauge the residual risk and ALARP level. But how can you proactively perform a qualitative [...]
Earlier this year, AeroSafety World magazine issued an article on ‘Modeling Common Aviation Risk’. This article talks about an initiative to share safety knowledge within the Aviation Industry, without having to swap internal data. This initiative is called CARM which stands for ‘Common Aviation Risk Models’. (If you’re a Flight Safety Foundation member, you can [...]
Gathering risk scenarios & incident information, and updating them can be an intense job, especially if the available data is scattered over multiple files and multiple formats. Often clients have the need to merge parts of data from different sources and tend to ask for help to do this in a decent manner. Luckily the [...]
Earlier this year the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) revised their ISO 31000 standard. With this ISO 31000:2018 standard, ISO promises to "keep risk management simple" and "deliver a clearer, shorter and more concise guide that will help organizations use risk management principles to improve planning and make better decisions." Main changes since the previous [...]
Last week gov.uk published an article by the Ministry of Defence and Military Aviation Authority, on the bowtie method as a visual tool to keep an overview of risk management practices, rather than replacing existing processes or systems: According to the MOD and MAA, bowtie can simplify Air Safety System case (ASSC)-based auditing techniques and [...]
Guest blog by Emily Harbottle from HarbottleHughes I was asked the other day what advantage a 5x5 risk matrix has over a 4x5 and it started me thinking. A risk matrix is meant to help categorize, prioritize and compare risks, so what difference do 5 or 4 rows or columns really make? I assumed it [...]
