After some general background on system safety and the motivation for its application an overview of a generic safety process (best suited for small to medium sized projects), in relation to the project lifecycle, is given. For each major project phase the respective safety process phase, safety objectives and some state of the art analysis techniques are explained. Special emphasis is put on a case study for the major steps of a safety analysis, including Functional Failure Modes and Effects Analysis and Fault Tree Analysis.
The content of this tutorial is based on experience from an international working company.
