Local support, pilot testing

As part of developing the PSM implementation plan (Chapter 5), you and the team identified benefits unique to the approach you selected, using them to help win management s approval. For example, your plan may focus on priority elements because the assessment you conducted suggests that this method will yield the greatest overall improvement in safety performance. And, as part of the pilot test described in this chapter, you focused on facility-specific benefits to enlist the support of local management and staff. 

In selecting a candidate for a pilot study, don t choose either the toughest or easiest candidate. In one case you are setting yourself up for failure, and in the other you may not adequately test your approach. Try to select a candidate where local management is supportive of your project, and where you expect to gain some obvious benefits. 

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