Barrier Analysis and Accident Prevention

Lectures: 27 h

Recommended for
Graduate students working with design/application of interactive systems and complex devices (in production industry, communication, traffic, commerce, health)

The course was last given:
Fall 1998 (as HMI 605)

Goals
To provide instrumental knowledge of principles and methods that can improve efficiency and safety of interactive systems/devices. The course should enable the participants to perform such analyses ontheir own.

Prerequisites
Graduate status as HMI student. Preferably practical experience with accident analysis or system design.Graduate status as HMI student. Preferably practical experience with accident analysis or system design.

Organization
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Contents
This course is a replacement/upgrade of HMI 605. It is aimed at doctoral students and practitioners who are involved with the design of complex systems and the analysis and prediction of the performance deviations and failures in these contexts, specifically relating to the human-technology interaction. The course will focus on why performance deviations in complex, safety-critical processes sometimes becomes a cause of system failures, by examining the variety of technological, organisational and cognitive factors that together determine performance quality and safety. The course will teach the participants how to critically review, analyse and learn from system failures, how to systematically predict system failures in existing or future technological installations, and how to determine appropriate precautions or barriers. It will specifically provide an introduction to the concepts and methods required to for practical barrier analysis, barrier design, and accident prevention.

Literature
To be defined

Teachers
Erik Hollnagel

Examiner
Erik Hollnagel

Schedule
Fall 2000.
The course comprises nine sessions, generally held on Fridays from 12:15 - 15:00

Examination
A written report that documents either an accident analysis or a predictive error analysis. Reports must be completed by December 15, 2000.

Credit
5 credits

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