Asset Integrity—Why there are no famous asset managers

Assets are everywhere. They are the things, physical and digital, that make up the systems we work with. When they work as designed and planned, to meet their objectives, the people who manage them go un-noticed. But these are the people who keep the risk of using them as low as reasonably practicable.

00:56 Chris Knowles, an introduction

02:07 Asset integrity and why it’s important

03:42 The whole lifecycle of asset management

06:54 The asset management is needed to keep risks as low as reasonably practicable

07:58 The criticality of system design

09:01 Asset decisions beyond safety

12:05 What’s coming up in this asset integrity series

14:13 Summary and close

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When Software Goes Wrong podcasts: https://www.rssb.co.uk/what-we-do/insights-and-news/rssb-podcast-series/when-software-goes-wrong 

When Software Goes Wrong - Digital Asset Integrity on the Railway – blog from the first in that podcast series, with links to other blogs and resources: https://www.rssb.co.uk/what-we-do/insights-and-news/blogs/digital-asset-integrity-one-path-to-reducing-railway-risk 

The Asset Integrity Group’s web page: https://www.rssb.co.uk/what-we-do/groups-and-committees/safety/system-safety-risk-group/asset-integrity-group 

Rolling Stock Asset Integrity web page: https://www.rssb.co.uk/safety-and-health/leading-health-and-safety-on-britains-railway/rolling-stock-asset-integrity 

Infrastructure Asset Integrity web page: https://www.rssb.co.uk/safety-and-health/leading-health-and-safety-on-britains-railway/infrastructure-asset-integrity

Red 62 video – Asset Integrity (RSSB members and Affiliates only): https://www.rssb.co.uk/safety-and-health/learning-from-experience/red-safety-videos/red-62-asset-integrity