The Nimrod Baseline Equipment Safety Case compiled by BAE Systems and the Nimrod Integrated Project Team (IPT), recently won a bronze award under the pan-BAE Systems chairman's award for innovation scheme.
Guys, don't get too excited about that. The Chairman's Award is little more than a lightweight "tick-in-the-box-ooh-aren't-we-good-with-our-people" exercise. The fact that this case won an award is no reflection at all of how good it is.
Different departments get targets for the numbers of awards that must be submitted, the result is that towards the closing date, any old rubbish is submitted just to look good. Some people just do it in order to get a freebie p*ss-up at the award "ceremony." The current Nimrod programme's target was reduced from 2006 and I still don't believe hit the target. (If we did, it'll just prove what a farce the CA is)