HAZOP Manager V6.0 - Recording Hazop Studies and PHA Reviews

Program Overview - Recording and Reporting

During the study meeting/s, details of the potential problems identified are recorded as they are discussed, with the program prompting the usage of keywords, and identifying those word combinations that have already been applied to each plant section. It is usual to arrange for the computer screen to be visible to all members of the team. In this manner unanimous agreement can be obtained regarding the details recorded. Points to note are:
- Entries are automatically sorted by the software. For example, after having discussed 'Flow', 'Pressure' and 'Temperature', if a further 'Flow' entry needs to be input it is not necessary to laboriously page back to that section... just make the entry and leave it to the program to do the rest!
- The entry screen has been designed to eliminate horizontal scrolling, with all columns and other input boxes being constantly visible. The only scrolling that might be necessary is when the text within a column exceeds the display space. If this is the case, the column scrolls independently... other column text will not disappear from view!.
  - Illustration:- The data entry screen
At the end of the meeting the data entered is spell checked. The software is then used to print the Minutes, which essentially are the Nodes completed during the course of the day's work. These worksheets may be printed in either portrait or landscape orientation... you are not forced to opt for the latter. You may also 'print' to .PDF files using the Adobe® Acrobat® software (obtainable separately), or automatically export the worksheets to a Microsoft® Word document. Within Word, the document generated can also be easily saved as a single HTML format file for uploading to your company's intranet. These latter three options allow reports to be distributed electronically.
- Illustration:- A typical worksheet report page
Hazard and Operability Studies (Hazops), in common with other safety reviews such as Process Hazards Analysis (PHA), Hazard Identification (HazID) or Risk Assessment Studies, etc., usually generate actions to be carried out by designated persons or departments. For every action the program will produce an individual Action Sheet. This sheet will contain all the details of the original entry (e.g. Cause, Consequence, Safeguards, Action, etc.), but in addition will have a blank box for the recipient to write his or her response, and to sign and date that reply. These Action Sheets will be distributed to the relevant personnel.
- Illustration:- An Action / Response Sheet
As an alternative to producing printed Action Sheets, the software can generate Action Files, with one file being produced for each person to whom actions had been assigned. These files can be distributed either via e-mail or on diskette. Using either Microsoft® Word or a utility program provided with the HAZOP Manager software, the persons concerned would type rather than write their responses, and then automatically generate a Response File. This latter file would be returned to the Study Secretary, once again either by e-mail or on diskette.