ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the concepts covered in the preceding chapters of this book. Section one of the book explains what Integrated Operations (IO) is. The main operational messages are: adequate IO-based solutions can improve risk management; inadequate IO-based solutions can increase the risk of major accidents. There have been inadequacies in IO-related solutions in recent major incidents in the industry. The book then carries out fieldwork in the oil and gas domain and outlined the development of a human factors’ checklist for risk assessment. The main operational messages are: the introduction of IO generates several challenges in terms of human and organizational factors; if the checklist is intended to cover organizational aspects of risk management, it must focus on latent conditions. The book also addresses complexity in safety-critical systems from a theoretical perspective. The main operational message is IO refers to a class of socio-technical systems so complex that their behaviour cannot always be predicted.
