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Calendar

The calendar for this course outlines the schedule of lecture topics, readings, and assignments, and provides links to lecture notes.

SES # TOPICS READINGS IMPORTANT DATES
1 Introduction to class, system safety, and hazard identification (PDF)

Safeware. Ch. 1, 2, 7, 8 and 9.
• New. Ch. 1 and 4.
http://sunnyday.mit.edu/book2.pdf
• MIL-STD-882B (PDF)

2 Discussion questions and in-class debate on responsibility for risk, PHA and risk assessment, causes of accidents (PDF) Safeware. Ch. 3, 4 and 5.
• Aerospace Accidents paper (PDF)
3 Review causes of accidents assignment, accident models, review preliminary hazard analysis for Matterhorn, intent specifications (PDF) Safeware. Ch. 10.
• New. Ch. 2, 3, 5, 6 and 7.
http://sunnyday.mit.edu/book2.pdf
• Rasmussen (PDF)
Intent Specifications paper (PDF)
4 Jeff Joyce visit, hazard analysis, root cause analysis (PDF) Safeware. Ch. 13 and 14.
• Jeff Joyce paper (PDF)
5 State machines, SpecTRM-RL, requirements and requirements analysis (PDF) Safeware. Ch. 15.
6 Review Matterhorn Level 1, Dan Gregory (system safety engineer from Raytheon) Term Project Level 1 due
7 Design for safety (PDF) Safeware. Ch. 16.
 Knight and Leveson
• A Reply to Our Critics (PDF)
8 Humans and Automation (PDF) Safeware. Ch. 6 and 17.
• Bachelder and Leveson (PDF)
9 Francis visit, accident investigation, presentation of STAMP analyses and assignment on Titan analysis, (Karen Marais) DOE standard
• NASA standard
10 Visitors from Electric Boat (submarines), review level 2 of project Time to catch up Research Proposal first version due
11 Operations, root cause analysis, John Carroll • Carroll, John S. "Organizational Learning Activities in High-Hazard Industries: The Logics Underlying Self-Analysis."  Journal of Management Studies, in press.
• Carroll, John S., Jenny W. Rudolph, Sachi Hatenaka.  "Learning from Experience in High-Hazard Organizations."  Submitted to Research in Organizational Behavior.
12 Verification, management, presentation of research proposals Safeware. Ch. 11, 12 and 18. Research Propoals oral presentation due
13 Review of Matterhorn designs, Wrap-Up Safeware: Epilogue, pp. 509-511.
SpecTRM methodology (PDF)
Research Proposal final version and completed Term Project due