This paper summarizes and examines the probabilistic criteria (regulations and guidance) in two U.S. government documents intended to ensure acceptably-safe designs of commercial-airplane systems, which are also the probabilistic criteria used by the Boeing Commercial Airplanes company. Specialized ...
This paper summarizes STPA activities and some of the lessons learned within General Motors Company. The presentation will include the following topics.Initial introduction activities are reviewed and instances of initial resistance from organizational elements are reviewed. This part of the pa...
The tutorial provides a historical overview of key considerations that have shaped modern nuclear weapon safety philosophy and, in turn, weapon safety architectures. Key considerations include the concept of a ?wooden? bomb, insights gained from weapon accidents, the introduction of standardized pro...
Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) has gained momentum as the predominant method of analyzing and deriving system requirements as well as verifying and validating system performance. Over the years, several frameworks have gained prominence as approved methods and formal techniques to model syst...
This tutorial supports the ISSC37 theme regarding ?training for both beginners to learn to utilize system safety methodology in their Journey to Excellence and for those more experienced safety professionals who want to discuss, explore and incorporate how others are effectively utilizing system saf...
In order to evaluate safety or risk on today?s highly integrated and complex systems, system safety must become an active participant in the requirements capture and validation process. Application of requirements-based processes such as SAE ARP4754, RTCA DO-178, DO-254, and MIL-STD-882 software saf...
