anticipation: what could possibly go wrong?
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This is a talk I gave at the first Velocity Europe Conference, in November 2011. The slides won't make too much sense without the video, which should be here:TRANSCRIPT
ANTICIPATION
John AllspawSVP, Tech Ops
Velocity Europe 2011
Thursday, November 10, 2011
PREPARED?Thursday, November 10, 2011
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KnowingWhat
Has Happened
(Learning)
(Response)Knowing
What To Do
KnowingWhat
To Look For
(Monitoring)
KnowingWhat
To Expect
(Anticipation)Knowing
What To Expect
(Anticipation)
Thursday, November 10, 2011
KnowingWhat
Has Happened
(Learning)
(Response)Knowing
What To Do
KnowingWhat
To Look For
(Monitoring)
KnowingWhat
To Expect
(Anticipation)Knowing
What To Expect
(Anticipation)
Thursday, November 10, 2011
DesignWorkResponseLearning
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“What could possiblygo wrong?”
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REQUISITEIMAGINATION
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Architectural reviews
Go or No-Go meetings
“Game Day” exercisesThursday, November 10, 2011
DESIGN
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Situations Considered By
Expert Designer
Situations Considered By
Average Designer
Situations Considered By
Novice Designer
Possible ForeseeableSituations
Adamski and Westrum, 2003 Thursday, November 10, 2011
“No problem!
I design adaptive systems.”
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DeepwaterHorizon
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Challenger Shuttle
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Adaptive Systems
ExpectedVariation
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Adaptive Systems
ExpectedVariation
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Adaptive Systems
ExpectedVariation
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ExpectedVariation
New DisturbancesArise
Compensation isExhausted
Control
Disturbance
compensation decompensationWoods, 2011
Thursday, November 10, 2011
ExpectedVariation
New DisturbancesArise
Compensation isExhausted
Control
Disturbance
compensation decompensationThursday, November 10, 2011
Target
New DisturbancesArise
Compensation isExhausted
Control
Disturbance
compensation decompensation
SYSTEMS
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Target
New DisturbancesArise
Compensation isExhausted
Control
Disturbance
compensation decompensation
NETWORKS
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Target
New DisturbancesArise
Compensation isExhausted
Control
Disturbance
compensation decompensation
STAFF
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Target
New DisturbancesArise
Compensation isExhausted
Control
Disturbance
compensation decompensation
TOOLS
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Target
New DisturbancesArise
Compensation isExhausted
Control
Disturbance
compensation decompensation
FUNDING
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Target
New DisturbancesArise
Compensation isExhausted
Control
Disturbance
compensation decompensation
ANYTHING
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WORK
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Predictability
Given situationGiven individual
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Anticipation Skill
UncertaintyOf Events
Unknowable
Unknown
Known
Unthought-of situations
Potential situations
(Cuvelier and Falzon, 2011)Thursday, November 10, 2011
Anticipation Skill
UncertaintyOf Events
Unthought-of situationsUnknowable
Unknown
KnownPotential situations
(Cuvelier and Falzon, 2011)Thursday, November 10, 2011
Anticipation Skill
UncertaintyOf Events
Unthought-of situationsUnknowable
Unknown
KnownPotential situations
(Cuvelier and Falzon, 2011)Thursday, November 10, 2011
Anticipation Skill
UncertaintyOf Events
Unthought-of situationsUnknowable
Unknown
Known
Potential situations
(Cuvelier and Falzon, 2011)Thursday, November 10, 2011
RESPONSE
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RESPONSE
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RESPONSE
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LEARNING
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TIME
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SUCCEEDMATURELY
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DANGER
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“What an immense mass of evil must result...from allowing men to assume the right of anticipating what may happen.”
Leo Tolstoy
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HaphazardCowboy
ParanoidParalysis
?Thursday, November 10, 2011
TraumaticExperience
MatureRequisite
Imagination
Sources of Anticipation
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KnowingWhat
Has Happened
(Learning)
KnowingWhat
To Look For
(Monitoring)
KnowingWhat To Do
(Response)Knowing
What To Expect
(Anticipation)Knowing
What To Expect
(Anticipation)
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FEARThursday, November 10, 2011
CONFIDENCEThursday, November 10, 2011
REQUISITEIMAGINATION
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Constant Sense Of UNEASE
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CONFIDENCEThursday, November 10, 2011
Homework!Thursday, November 10, 2011
Homework!
1. What do you expect to happen?
2.What might fail during this scenario?
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Homework!
First: individuals
Then:As a group
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Homework!
?Expectations?
Potential failures?
Group versus individual?
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CONFIDENCEThursday, November 10, 2011
The End
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References
• Resilience Engineering in Practice, Ashgate (http://bit.ly/t7cnXC )
• Ch 10, Handbook of Cognitive Task Design, CRC Press (http://amzn.to/s9Qo8n)
• Resilience Engineering Perspectives, Ashgate (http://bit.ly/rFVtvo)
Material in this talk comes from a variety of sources.
These should be considered mandatory reading for operating and designing any complex systems.
Thursday, November 10, 2011