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Managing Integrity
Topic 6 – Management of Change
• It is necessary to carry out changes on operating
plants over time. This results in engineering,
procedural and organisational modifications.
• Because changes can have impacts on many other
aspects of the operation, they can introduce new
or unintended risks. It is therefore critical that a
comprehensive review of the potential change
impacts is undertaken before implementation.
• The management of change process seeks to
ensure that the potential impact of any change is
fully understood, and that any risks associated with
the change are mitigated appropriately. The critical
aspects in a functional management of change
process are:
– Having a robust process that is documented
and approved that applies at all levels (from
day to day operations through to major plant
modification)
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– Ensuring that all changes follow the process
– Having suitable quality arrangements in place
for design, construction, commissioning and
handover phases of all engineering modifications
– Ensuring that the risk assessment of any change
has the correct level of validity by including the
relevant operational, engineering and technical
safety personnel in the review process
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