Features and Facilities (2 of 3)

• Text Macro files may be prepared for use during a study.  They contain often-used phrases that would be automatically typed by pressing the appropriate 'hot keys', thus speeding-up the process of recording the meeting minutes.
  • Illustration:-  Example of a Text Macro file

• Potential problems recorded during a meeting may be categorised by expected Frequency of occurrence, Severity of the consequences and the appropriate Hazard Category (e.g. Personnel injury, Equipment damage, etc.).  Descriptions associated with all of these codes are fully editable.  The software can also calculate a Risk factor.  The matrix employed may be automatically configured using two standard formulae, or alternatively can be customised according to your own method of calculating risk.  Risk factors can also be colour-coded for easy visual identification when scanning through the data file.
  • Illustration:-  The Risk Matrix window

• A Severity Matrix can be used to maintain objectivity and consistency in the assignment of those codes.  This matrix can be speedily displayed at any time during the study meeting by the simple click of a mouse button.
  • Illustration:-  The Severity Matrix window

• A Failure Rates database is also included.  This may be interrogated during the study meeting to ascertain the likely frequency with which a potential problem might occur.
  • Illustration:-  An entry from the Failure Rates Database

• You may optionally re-assess risk after taking into account both the existing protection, and if necessary, the recommended action.  This assists the study team in deciding whether an action is necessary, and if it is, validates the proposed action as being adequate.
  • Illustration:-  Risk methodology involving re-assessment

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