page_title: Checklist
section_title: Applications
hierarchical_section_title: Checklist / Applications
caption_attribution_description: English: A pilot of a DC-10 consulting his checklist.
context_page_description: A checklist is a type of job aid used to reduce failure by compensating for potential limits of human memory and attention. It helps to ensure consistency and completeness in carrying out a task. A basic example is the "to do list". A more advanced checklist would be a schedule, which lays out tasks to be done according to time of day or other factors. A primary task in checklist is documentation of the task and auditing against the documentation.
context_section_description: Pre-flight checklists aid in aviation safety to ensure that critical items are not overlooked.
  Used in quality assurance of software engineering, to check process compliance, code standardization and error prevention, and others.
  Often used in industry in operations procedures
  In civil litigation to deal with the complexity of discovery and motions practice.  An example is the open-source litigation checklist.
  Can aid in mitigating claims of negligence in public liability claims by providing evidence of a risk management system being in place
  Used by some investors as a critical part of their investment process
  An ornithological checklist (Category:Ornithological checklists), a list of birds with standardized names that helps ornithologists communicate with the public without the use of scientific names in Latin
  A popular tool for tracking sports card collections. Randomly inserted in packs, checklist cards provide information on the contents of sports card set.
  The creation of emergency survival kits
  In professional diving, checklists are used in the preparation of equipment for a dive, and to ensure that the diver and life support systems are fully prepared before they enter the water. To a lesser extent, checklists are used by a minority of recreational divers, and by a larger proportion of technical divers during pre-dive checks. Studies have shown checklists to be effective at reducing the number of errors and consequent incidents.
caption: A pilot of a DC-10 consulting his checklist
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