ABSTRACT
This chapter examines Functional Resonance Analysis Method (FRAM) to identify potential performance variability in the planning of modifications to a mature offshore oil installation. A particular feature of the Resilience Engineering approach is that the study of normal operations can provide information about performance variability in the socio-technical system. The planning of modifications to offshore oil and gas platforms is almost a daily activity in the industry, especially as installations mature. In order to use FRAM for risk assessment it must be possible to capture information about the human, technological and organizational functions of the system. The FRAM risk assessment may reveal dependencies between functions or tasks that are normally missed. Although FRAM as a method is under development it has been suggested that it may be a promising way to identify safety indicators. The FRAM method has traditionally been used in accident investigations to model and analyse accidents in order to identify ways of reducing future risk.
