Patent ID: 7904407
Filing Date: 2011-03-08
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for performing human factors process failure modes and effects analysis for a process, the method comprising: receiving, at a data processing device, inputs representing at least one task involved in the process, the task including at least one human activity and described using at least one verb and at least one human-system interface; extracting, with the data processing device, the at least one verb from the received inputs representing the at least one task involved in the process; searching, with the data processing device, a potential human error database for at least two potential human errors related the extracted at least one verb; transmitting, with the data processing device, an output representing the at least two potential human errors in the search; receiving, at the data processing device, an input representing which of the at least two potential human errors were selected for evaluation; transmitting, from the data processing device, an output representing at least one of the potential human errors selected for evaluation; receiving, at the data processing device, an input representing a likelihood of occurrence of the at least one of the potential human errors selected for evaluation; receiving, at the data processing device, an input representing a likelihood of correction of the at least one of the potential human errors selected for evaluation; receiving, at the data processing device, an input representing a potential severity of an effect of of the at least one of the potential human errors selected for evaluation; calculating, with the data processing device, a risk of potential harm from the received inputs representing the likelihood of occurrence, the likelihood of correction, and the potential severity of the effect; comparing, at the data processing device, the calculated risk of potential harm with a risk threshold; transmitting, from the data processing device, an output representing at least one error that exceeds the risk threshold; receiving, at the data processing unit, an input representing additional analysis of the at least one error that exceeds the risk threshold; and generating, with the data processing device, at least one of a report and a table collecting results of the human factors process failure modes and effects analysis.