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Criterion
Paper illustration of Barrier Analysis with its method-specific working model.
Operations
Barrier Analysis
Design sheets and interface cards connect to jointly written pseudocode with highlighted unresolved questions.
Architecture
ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)
Paper illustration for Current Reality Tree
Systems Thinking
Current Reality Tree
Paper illustration of MORT Analysis with its method-specific working model.
Operations
MORT Analysis
Purposedifferent
For a risk that can only be managed through multiple layers of protection, the method examines the effectiveness of each barrier. It shows where safeguards are missing, too weak, or fail under real conditions.ARID examines how well developers can work with a technical design. It focuses on a part of the system that can still be revised, between the architecture overview and the detailed specification.A Current Reality Tree condenses many symptoms into a few causal chains. The method makes visible which core problems drive several negative effects at once.For a safety-relevant event or a system with high protection requirements, the method examines where controls failed. It exposes both technical and organizational gaps.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumHighHigh
Timedifferent
2-4 h2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional2-6 hMehrere Tage bis Wochen
Participantsdifferent
2-6Designers, developers as users, and facilitation3-82-6
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Barrier Inventory, Failure Analysis per Barrier, Action BacklogPrioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisionsCurrent Reality Tree, Core Problems, Intervention IdeasMORT Worksheets, Findings per Branch, Corrective Actions, Systemic Recommendations
Tagsno overlap
Root causeSafetyIncident
ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks
Systems thinkingRoot causeConstraintsCausality
Root causeSafetySystemicIncident
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