Limited evaluation of design process
Date issue released
Safety Issue Description

In recent years there have been developments in guidance materials for system development processes and research into new approaches for system safety assessments. However, there has been limited research that has systematically evaluated how design engineers and safety analysts conduct their evaluations of systems, and how the design of their tasks, tools, training and guidance material can be improved so that the likelihood of design errors is minimised.

Issue number
AO-2008-070-SI-06
Transport Function
Aviation: Air transport
Issue Owner
All high capacity operators
Mode of Transport
Aviation
Issue Status Justification

No safety action was advised by any of the organisations associated with the investigation.