Quote: have you looked at change management principles?
Management of Change (MOC) is an intergrel part of the “test and report” process. As one part it documents your change and the review process (test) determines the completeness of your process.
Quote : do you think it adequately explains the feedback, reassessment issue of an SMS?
The analogy of the stool is to illustrate the circle of SMS, (define, develop and test). The loop is closed when you find the procedures produced to manage the standards are effective. These are never carved into stone so continual monitoring of the processes are necessary to keep the program alive.
Quote: to those who are not really very enthusiastic about the
I have used the simple stool analogy to try and dispel the complexity of the issue. You can make it too COMPLICATED and the system will fail, however, using the phased approach used by IS-BAO (a three part certification) you can keep it in manageable portions.
Phase I is really the understanding of the basic elements and starting the process to put them into place, (FOM revision to incorporate the basics, safety program incorporating the needed elements...responsibilities, empowerments and testing procedures, ) to manage the program. DEFINING THE LOOP
Phase II looks for implementation of the elements and the application of the elements into a cultural change within the department (manuals reflect changes, processes reflect changes, records being developed to show progress and compliance). DEVELOPING THE LOOP
Finally, Phase III looks for a cultural change to have occurred, where the elements have become ingrained into the department and the processes are becoming automatic. CLOSING THE LOOP
I think that too many try to embrace the whole concept at once and not realizing that a step by step approach, taking years to fully become a culture, is required....”Rome was not built in a day”.