What is Functional Safety Management?

Functional Safety Management defines all activities required during the Functional Safety Lifecycle phases of a product / process, which is necessary in achieving the required level of Functional Safety. Functional Safety Management is specific to both people, departments and organisations that are responsible for each Safety Lifecycle phase / activity within each phase.

Fundamental to IEC 61511 and the prevention of systematic failures is the Functional Safety Lifecycle. The objective of the Functional Safety Lifecycle is to define the various phases from concept to decommissioning of a Safety Instrumented System (SIS). When the Safety Lifecycle is applied, each phase should be documented to demonstrate all phases on the Functional Safety Lifecycle has been clearly defined and the appropriate requirements realised.

Our experts can facilitate Functional Safety Management (FSM) assessments to international standards such as IEC 61508 and IEC 61511 to demonstrate that the management of design activities and system implementation is appropriate and that there is adequate competence for carrying out each task.