Operationalize Organizational Risk Management with the Safety 4P Assessment

A practical framework that helps aviation design and manufacturing organizations determine which organizational observations require Safety Risk Management, and which don't.
Organizational risk is one of the hardest parts of an SMS to operationalize. Observations and hazards are often qualitative, KPIs are hard to pin down, and every organization is different. Most teams are left to figure it out on their own.
An Organizational Hazard & Risk Management Process for a Design and Manufacturing (D&M) Safety Management System (SMS) introduces the Safety 4P Assessment: a four-question process (Priority, Practical, Protection, Performance) that helps you determine whether an organizational observation escalates to an in-scope hazard requiring further Safety Risk Management.

In this White Paper You'll Learn:

How the original list of the 123 organizational observations was narrowed to 75 in-scope hazards
The four conditional checks that make up the Safety 4P Assessment: Priority, Practical, Protection, Performance
Two ready-to-use applications: a gap analysis of existing protections and a Management of Change checklist
How the framework aligns with FAA, EASA, and 14 CFR Part 5 expectations

Built by the Organizational Risk Working Group

Developed for the SAE SMS Design & Manufacturing Focus Group by the Organizational Risk Working Group (ORWG), this methodology was refined based on feedback from initial industry adopters who applied it in the field.