A new version of Presight OpenRisk is now available, introducing improvements to the user interface and overall user experience. This release places particular focus on information labels, making them easier to manage and use within bowtie diagrams.
What are information labels?
Information labels, or “info labels,” give context to the elements in a bowtie diagram. They work like metadata, allowing bowtie elements to be categorised and supplemented with relevant information.
In Presight OpenRisk, predefined info labels can be used to add information to different elements and barriers. In the Single Tier User edition, custom info labels can also be created to meet specific needs.
Info labels can include details such as:
- Who is responsible for a barrier, such as HR or the maintenance team
- Which compliance requirements are relevant to the barrier
- What type of barrier it is (technical or human)
- Other information that helps describe the different layers of the risk picture
The bowtie diagram shows what exists, while information labels provide the context, helping identify who is responsible and what needs attention.
Read more about how information labels give context to bowtie diagrams.
Metadata is information about information. In the barrier context, the base information would be the barrier name and description; metadata would be the collection of other data relating to the barrier (pg. xviii Bow Ties In Risk Management, A Concept Book for Process Safety)
Visualisation
On the Presight OpenRisk Bow Tie tool, you can choose whether you want to display the info labels or not, depending on the communication objective. There are also different barrier metadata which might include type of barrier, effectiveness or strength. This will also be different for different operations and across industries. For example, some clients have expressed the importance of displaying criticality as an important metadata field.
What’s new?
The latest version of Presight OpenRisk introduces several improvements to information labels:
- More complete revision control: Element titles and their associated info labels are now revision controlled, providing a more complete modification history.
- Simpler management: Info labels can now be viewed, edited, and associated with bowtie elements from a single interface.
- Improved filtering: New filtering functionality makes it easier to find the exact labels needed when editing an element.
