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A Review of the Event Analysis of Systemic Teamwork Methodology

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HFIDTC/WP1.1.3/10<br />

Version 2/ 31 October 2005<br />

Table 28 - Phase 4: Report back to NOC<br />

Goal<br />

Specification<br />

Cue<br />

identification<br />

Expectancy<br />

Conceptual<br />

Model<br />

Uncertainty<br />

Information<br />

Situation<br />

Awareness<br />

Situation<br />

Assessment<br />

Options<br />

Stress<br />

Choice<br />

Analogy<br />

Ensure it is safe to perform local isolation.<br />

Confirm circuits/equipment to be operated.<br />

Telecontrol displays/circuit loadings.<br />

Equipment labels.<br />

Equipment displays.<br />

O<strong>the</strong>r temporary notices.<br />

Equipment configured according to planned circuit switching.<br />

Equipment will function correctly.<br />

Layout/type/characteristics <strong>of</strong> circuit.<br />

Circuit loadings/balance.<br />

Function <strong>of</strong> equipment.<br />

Will equipment physically work as expected (will something jam etc.).<br />

O<strong>the</strong>r work being carried out by o<strong>the</strong>r parties (e.g. EDF).<br />

Switching log.<br />

Visual and verbal information from those undertaking <strong>the</strong> work.<br />

Physical information from apparatus and telecontrol displays.<br />

All information used<br />

Inform NOC that isolation cannot be performed/o<strong>the</strong>r aspects <strong>of</strong> switching<br />

instructions cannot be carried out.<br />

Some time pressure.<br />

Possibly some difficulties in operating or physically handling <strong>the</strong> equipment.<br />

Yes – proceduralised within equipment types. Occasional non-routine activities<br />

required to cope with unusual/unfamiliar equipment, or equipment not owned by<br />

NGT.<br />

Yes – <strong>of</strong>ten. Except in cases with unfamiliar equipment.<br />

Related Methods<br />

The CDM is an extension <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> critical incident technique (Flanagan 1954). The CDM<br />

is also closely related to o<strong>the</strong>r cognitive task analysis (CTA) techniques, in that it uses<br />

probes to elicit data regarding task performance from participants. O<strong>the</strong>r similar CTA<br />

techniques include ACTA (Militello and Hutton 2000) and cognitive walkthrough<br />

analysis (Polson et al 1992).<br />

Approximate training and application times<br />

Klein & Armstrong (2004) report that <strong>the</strong> training time associated with <strong>the</strong> CDM would<br />

be high. Experience in interviews with SME’s is required, and also a grasp <strong>of</strong> cognitive<br />

psychology. The application time for <strong>the</strong> CDM is medium. The CDM interview takes<br />

between 1 - 2 hours, and <strong>the</strong> transcription process takes approximately 1 – 2 hours.<br />

Reliability and validity<br />

Both intra and inter analyst reliability <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> CDM approach is questionable. It is<br />

apparent that such an approach may elicit different data from similar incidents when<br />

applied by different analysts on separate participants. Klein & Armstrong (2004)<br />

suggests that <strong>the</strong>re are also concerns associated with <strong>the</strong> reliability <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> CDM due to<br />

evidence <strong>of</strong> memory degradation.<br />

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