Seven Steps of Alarm Management: Part One – The Alarm Philosophy
Step One
The field of alarm management concerns itself with alarms and notifications being presented to a console operator as they go about monitoring processes. The goal of effective alarm management is to make sure those signals are appropriate for what they are doing, effective in showing the need for intervention and essential so as not to overwhelm the operator with an abundance of alarms.
Hexagon has developed a seven-step process for effective alarm management. In this first on-demand session, we’ll dive into step one: The Alarm Philosophy Document. This is the most important and fundamental document of alarm management. The Alarm Philosophy Document describes the goals of what we want to achieve in the process or project and how we’re going to achieve them.
Watch now to learn about the content that ISA/IEC requires and recommends including when putting together your comprehensive, detailed Alarm Philosophy Document.