This module addresses the production and assessment of safety cases within safety projects. The module covers the role, purpose and typical content of safety case; explains how safety case arguments and evidence can selected; relates the development and maintenance of safety cases to the engineering lifecycle; details how safety case arguments can be critically assessed; and explains the regulatory context for a safety case development regime.

Course Description

Module aims:

This module addresses the production and assessment of safety cases within safety projects. The module covers the role, purpose and typical content of safety case; explains how safety case arguments and evidence can selected; relates the development and maintenance of safety cases to the engineering lifecycle; details how safety case arguments can be critically assessed; and explains the regulatory context for a safety case development regime.


Module learning outcomes:

- Describe the role, purpose and typical content of a safety case

- Devise and present clear safety arguments using both text and graphical notations (particularly the Goal Structuring Notation)

- Describe the risks, strengths and weaknesses of safety cases

- Review and evaluate a safety case

- Understand how to undertake safety case maintenance throughout the lifecycle of a system or service.