Programming Quote by Nancy G. Leveson

“It seems to be common, judging from the number of incidents and accidents that have resulted, for software designers to forget that the world continues to change even though the software may not be operating.” quote by Nancy G. Leveson — Download Open image

““It seems to be common, judging from the number of incidents and accidents that have resulted, for software designers to forget that the world continues to change even though the software may not be operating.””

Nancy G. Leveson

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“Safety is a system property, not a component property, and must be controlled at the system level, not the component level.”

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“The goal then is to understand why people did not or could not act differently. People acted the way they did for very good…

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“A basic principle of system theory is that no control system will perform better than its measuring channel.”

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“In highly automated systems, the operator is often at the mercy of the system design and operational procedures.”

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“Safety starts with management leadership and commitment. Without these, the efforts of others in the organization are almost doomed to failure. Leadership creates culture,…

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“Human error is not random. It results from basic human mental abilities and physical skills combined with the features of the tools being used,…

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“Hindsight bias and focusing only on the operator's role in accidents prevents us from fully learning from accidents and making significant progress in improving…

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“When operators receive input about the state of the system being controlled, they will first try to fit that information into their current mental…

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