The past and present of System-Theoretic Accident Model And Processes (STAMP) and its associated techniques: A scoping review (9 November 2021)

Summary

Targeting the analysis of socio-technical complexity, the System-Theoretic Accident Model and Processes (STAMP) was developed to engineer safer systems. Since its inception in the early 2000s, STAMP and its associated techniques, namely the System-Theoretic Process Analysis (STPA) and the Causal Analysis based on System Theory (CAST), have attracted increasing interest as suitable approaches for safety studies. Nonetheless, a literature review on their applications is lacking. This paper from Patriarca et al. fills this gap via a scoping literature survey on contributions indexed in academic journals and conference proceedings. 

Content

Highlights

• STAMP, STPA and CAST are well-established approaches to system safety analysis.
• Not all academic publications offer full coverage of analytical steps and results.
• Many papers suggest various modifications and extensions of the original approaches.
• Publications are documented across various industries and lifecycle stages.
• Industry engagement has not been visible in the majority of publications.