Session: Session 2. Asset Integrity Under Extreme and Disruptive Events

Paper Number: 110532

110532 - The System-Theoretic Process Analysis: An Innovative Top-Down Hazard Assessment Method for Industrial Asset Management. 

ABSTRACT

This paper aims at systematically reviewing the entire collection of documents published in the last decade on the development and application of The System-Theoretic Process Analysis (STPA) which is based on the System-Theoretic Accident Model and Processes (STAMP). The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) methodology has been utilized as a formal systematic literature review standard for data gathering. The study involved twenty papers devoted to this subject matter, systematically retrieved from the online database Scopus.

The findings have revealed the necessity to complement STAMP-STPA with others systemic safety assessment approaches. Therefore, the proposed future research target aims at developing an Integrated Decision-Making Framework in Industrial Asset Management. Thus, it might provide an enhanced model for more effective and efficient Asset Management strategies. This framework will consider, in a structured manner, accurate systematic methods and tools for assessing and managing Emerging Technology Risks as well as Extreme, Rare and Disruptive Events that might create fatal disturbance of the performance of organizations. Such integrated model has not been studied in existing research in this subject matter. Hence, innovative, and efficient approaches that can investigate issues from a broad systemic perspective to support Asset Management practitioners to deal with those threats associated with the complexity and uncertainty of socio-technical systems are of interest. Conventional methods have their own limits and might not identify all aspects that influence system safety. In fine, further research would validate its practicality. Therefore, future research initiatives will be also devoted to conducting case studies in order to obtain more accurate data.

KEYWORDS

System-Theoretic Process Analysis (STPA), System-Theoretic Accident Model and Processes (STAMP), Systemic Safety Assessment Approaches, Asset Management, Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA).

Presenting Author: Issa Diop University of Quebec in Trois-Rivieres (UQTR)

Presenting Author Biography: Issa Diop is a PhD candidate at the University of Quebec in Trois-Rivieres (UQTR). Issa does research in the field of Industrial Asset Management, Safety Engineering, Risk Analysis and Reliability Engineering in various industries.