Safety Cases and Safety Reports: Meaning, Motivation and Management

The safety case and its associated reports are quickly becoming not only a mechanism for achieving safety goals, but also a valuable decision-support asset, and a vital industrial liability management tool. Recent developments in industry have led to safety cases being frequently required as contractual deliverables as part of large and complex commercial programmes. A safety case consists of a rational argument to justify and demonstrate that a system has a safety program and that it meets its required safety standards. The safety case report is the presentation of the safety program, its arguments and its evidence at a particular point in time. This book, written from personal experience and reference, provides a concentrated source document for assessing and constructing safety cases and safety case reports - from understanding their purposes, through their development and on to their presentation.