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Within Logica UK, safety-related projects are run in a variety of ways depending on the constraints imposed and how the risks and mitigations are owned and handled. A total of eight different types of project development patterns have been identified and this paper discusses each type. A simple decision tool has been developed based on the patterns which is used as an aid in deciding how to bid a safety project, allowing tradeoffs between risk ownership, development methods and cost to be assessed.
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Parsons, M., Hunter, C. (2010). Patterns in Safety-Related Projects. In: Dale, C., Anderson, T. (eds) Making Systems Safer. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84996-086-1_6
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