Hazard Analysis to Identify Organizational and Programmatic Risks

3 Hazard Analysis to Identify Organizational and Programmatic Risks 

Risks in STAMP terms can be divided into two types (1) basic inadequacies in the way individual components in the control structure fulfill their responsibilities and (2) risks involved in the coordination of activities and decision making that can lead to unintended interactions and consequences. 

Applying the four types of inadequate control identified in STPA and interpreted for the hazard, which in this case is unsafe decision-making leading to an accident, ITA has four general types of risks  

Unsafe decisions are made or approved by the chief engineer or warrant holders. 

Safe decisions are disallowed (e.g., overly conservative decision making that undermines the goals of NASA and long-term support for ITA). 

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