| Master rule |
Primatech: ALARP principle |
| P1 |
NSPE Ethics Reference Guide |
| P2 |
NSPE Ethics Reference Guide |
| P3 |
NSPE: Sustainability and the PE's obligations |
| P4 |
ISO 13850:2015 Emergency stop function (sample); Directive (EU) 2019/1937 (EUR-Lex); Wikipedia: Andon (manufacturing) |
| P5 |
Edmondson: Psychological Safety and Learning Behavior in Work Teams (ASQ 1999, copy); Google re:Work: Understand team effectiveness |
| P6 |
NSPE Ethics Reference Guide; G20/OECD Principles of Corporate Governance 2023 |
| P7 |
US Army ADP 6-0 Mission Command (2019) |
| P8 |
Kim & Mauborgne: Fair Process (HBR 1997, copy) |
| P9 |
FDOT Systems Engineering 100 |
| P10 |
SPE: Design for decommissioning (basis of design); adr.github.io: Architectural Decision Records |
| P11 |
FDA: Electronic Source Data guidance (ALCOA); § 239 HGB (text copy, dejure.org) |
| P12 |
OSTI: A Perspective on Model Validation and Validated Models (keynote); Flyvbjerg: From Nobel Prize to Project Management (2006); Wikipedia: V&V of computer simulation models; Wikipedia: Fermi problem; Wikipedia: All models are wrong (Box & Draper 1987) |
| P13 |
Sandve et al.: Ten Simple Rules for Reproducible Computational Research |
| P14 |
SLSA v1.0: Provenance; Wikipedia: Mill test report |
| P15 |
UN: Rio Declaration on Environment and Development (1992); Wikipedia: Precautionary principle |
| P16 |
Sobek, Ward, Liker: Toyota's Principles of Set-Based Concurrent Engineering |
| P17 |
NASA: Technology Readiness Levels; Wikipedia: Technology readiness level |
| P18 |
Amazon 2015 letter to shareholders (SEC filing) |
| P19 |
Campbell: Assessing the Impact of Planned Social Change (reprint, J. MultiDisciplinary Evaluation 2011; original 1976/1979); Wikipedia: Campbell's law |
| P20 |
Staw: Knee-deep in the big muddy (1976, copy); Purple Griffon: PRINCE2 7th edition principles |
| P21 |
Locke & Latham: Building a practically useful theory of goal setting (Am. Psychol. 2002, copy); The W. Edwards Deming Institute: 14 Points |
| P22 |
BMJ Qual Saf / PMC: FMEA outputs - are they valid?; Leveson & Thomas: STPA Handbook; EBSCO: FMEA; Swift Navigation: What is SOTIF (ISO 21448)? |
| P23 |
Hoare: The Emperor's Old Clothes, Turing Award lecture (CACM 1981); Grokipedia: KISS principle |
| P24 |
IAEA: Decommissioning by design; NASA: Design for maintenance; JPT: Engineering for decommissioning |
| P25 |
FDA: Applying Human Factors and Usability Engineering to Medical Devices (guidance); MD+DI: Human factors engineering; egtechnology: Usability example; Wikipedia: Anthropometry |
| P26 |
IEEE 1149.1: Test Access Port and Boundary-Scan Architecture; Wikipedia: Design for testing |
| P27 |
Penn State: Taguchi's Robust Design Method; PMC: Engineering approach for sustainable biological systems |
| P28 |
FAA AC 25.1309-1A: System Design and Analysis (fail-safe design concept); WHO/ILO: Long working hours increasing deaths (2021); Pencavel: The Productivity of Working Hours (IZA DP 8129, 2014); Wikipedia: Fatigue (material); Wermac: Corrosion allowance |
| P29 |
MIL-STD-889D: Dissimilar metals, galvanic compatibility (2021); ISO 10993-1: Biological evaluation of medical devices; Wikipedia: Galvanic corrosion; Wikipedia: Biocompatibility |
| P30 |
Slocum: Kinematic couplings, a review of design principles and applications (MIT); FEMA: National Incident Management System, 3rd ed. (2017); Wikipedia: Kinematic coupling (exact constraint) |
| P31 |
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2018: press release; Wikipedia: Directed evolution; Molecular Devices: Design-build-test-learn cycle |
| P32 |
Saltzer, Reed, Clark: End-to-End Arguments in System Design (1984); Wikipedia: End-to-end principle |
| P33 |
RFC 9413: Maintaining Robust Protocols (2023); NASA: Mars Climate Orbiter Mishap Investigation Board, Phase I Report (1999); Wikipedia: Robustness principle (incl. RFC 9413 critique); Wikipedia: Mars Climate Orbiter |
| P34 |
ASTM C1683: Size Scaling of Tensile Strengths Using Weibull Statistics for Advanced Ceramics; Wikipedia: Weibull modulus; Wikipedia: Size effect on structural strength |
| P35 |
Conway: How Do Committees Invent? (1968) |
| P36 |
NIST CSRC Glossary: least privilege (CNSSI 4009, SP 800-53 Rev. 5); Jamf: NIST definition of least privilege |
| P37 |
FAA AC 25.1309-1A: System Design and Analysis (fail-safe design concept); PatSnap: Fail-safe design; The Next Web: Werner Vogels, "Everything fails all the time" |
| P38 |
CDC/NIOSH: Hierarchy of controls; OSHA Technical Manual: Noise; Wikipedia: Inherent safety |
| P39 |
FHWA: Zero deaths and the Safe System approach; UserSolutions: Poka-yoke |
| P40 |
JPT: Robust well barrier and well integrity management; ScienceDirect: Least privilege and defense in depth; Palo Alto Networks: Defense in depth; Wikipedia: Multi-barrier approach |
| P41 |
IMO SOLAS Chapter II-1, subdivision and stability (text via imorules.com); Wikipedia: Compartment (ship) |
| P42 |
NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5, AC-3(2) Dual Authorization (text via CSF Tools); Wikipedia: Two-man rule |
| P43 |
NIST CSRC Glossary: separation of duty (SP 800-192) |
| P44 |
Univ. of Portland: Fail-safe designs and factor of safety; Linda Green: Queueing theory and modeling; NASA GSFC-STD-1000 Rev H (resource margins); Little: Little's Law as Viewed on Its 50th Anniversary (Operations Research 2011, reprint); Wikipedia: Return period; Wikipedia: Derating; Wikipedia: All models are wrong (Box & Draper 1987) |
| P45 |
USPTO: Materials-based failure analysis in electronic devices; von Neumann: Lectures on Probabilistic Logics and the Synthesis of Reliable Organisms from Unreliable Components (Caltech, 1952); ScienceDirect: Fail-safe design; SINTEF: N-1 isn't always enough; Wikipedia: Quantum error correction |
| P46 |
arXiv: Safety design in autonomous vehicles |
| P47 |
NERC PRC-006-5: Automatic Underfrequency Load Shedding; Wikipedia: Load shedding |
| P48 |
Åström & Murray: Feedback Systems, section 1.5 On-Off Control; Wikipedia: Deadband |
| P49 |
Duranton & Turner: The Fundamental Law of Road Congestion (AER 2011); Wikipedia: Induced demand |
| P50 |
Theory of Constraints Institute: Five Focusing Steps; Wikipedia: Theory of constraints |
| P51 |
MIT Sloan Management Review: The Bullwhip Effect in Supply Chains; Lee, Padmanabhan, Whang: Information Distortion in a Supply Chain (Management Science 1997); Wikipedia: Bullwhip effect |
| P52 |
Little: Little's Law as Viewed on Its 50th Anniversary (Operations Research 2011, reprint) |
| P53 |
Reinertsen: Is it always a bad idea to add resources to a late project? (Electronic Design 2000); The Jargon File: Brooks's Law |
| P54 |
arXiv: V&V in Systems of Systems; Wikipedia: Building commissioning |
| P55 |
arXiv: Revisiting cost-to-fix |
| P56 |
Singapore: Building Control (Accredited Checkers and Accredited Checking Organisations) Regulations; IIA: The Three Lines Model (2020); Regulation (EU) No 537/2014, Article 17 (text copy); UK MoD: Red Teaming Handbook, 3rd ed. (2021); LibreTexts: Peer review in design; EPCLand: Checking of design |
| P57 |
Aerospace Corp: Test Like You Fly Process Guide |
| P58 |
ISO 139:2005 Textiles - standard atmospheres (sample); Chiuvention: Why fabric test results vary with weather; Wikipedia: Measurement uncertainty; Wikipedia: Metrological traceability |
| P59 |
NASA Software Engineering Handbook: SWE-052 Bidirectional Traceability (NPR 7150.2); Stell: Requirements traceability |
| P60 |
Univ. of Portland: Fail-safe designs and factor of safety |
| P61 |
ASME BPVC Section IX: Welding, Brazing and Fusing Qualifications; Wikipedia: Welding Procedure Specification |
| P62 |
Sackett, Zhang, Berry, Lievens: Revisiting meta-analytic estimates of validity in personnel selection (J. Appl. Psychol., copy) |
| P63 |
Kluger & DeNisi: The effects of feedback interventions on performance (Psychol. Bull. 1996) |
| P64 |
arXiv: Controls and machine protection; arXiv: Agentic Configuration Management; OSHA 29 CFR 1910.119 (management of change) |
| P65 |
Google SRE Workbook: Canarying Releases; Flight Test Fact: The build-up approach; Quality Engineers Guide: Hold point and witness point |
| P66 |
OSHA: Control of hazardous energy (lockout/tagout) |
| P67 |
Kelley, Walker & Sayer: The Origins of CPM, a Personal History (PM Network 1989, PMI); Wikipedia: Critical path method |
| P68 |
ICE: The observational method |
| P69 |
Kotter: Leading Change — Why Transformation Efforts Fail (HBR 1995, copy) |
| P70 |
Google SRE: Monitoring distributed systems; TV Technology: Confidence monitors |
| P71 |
ICES: Ontario checklist study (2014); ScienceDaily: WHO surgical checklist study (2009); Wikipedia: Pointing and calling |
| P72 |
FDA: HACCP Principles & Application Guidelines; Mining Weekly: ICMM critical control management guide |
| P73 |
Cooper: Estimating Safe Available Egress Time from Fires (NBSIR 80-2172, 1981); BCI Good Practice Guidelines 2018 (with ISO 22301:2019 definitions); Fire Risk Assessment Network: ASET and RSET |
| P74 |
Nowlan & Heap: Reliability-Centered Maintenance (1978); Wikipedia: Reliability-centered maintenance |
| P75 |
The Joint Commission: Sentinel Event Alert 50, Medical device alarm safety (2013); Wikipedia: Alarm fatigue |
| P76 |
eCFR: 14 CFR 121.542, Flight crewmember duties; Wikipedia: Sterile flight deck rule |
| P77 |
Sculley et al.: Hidden Technical Debt in ML Systems (NeurIPS 2015); Wikipedia: Concept drift |
| P78 |
CIS Control 1: Inventory and Control of Enterprise Assets; Wikipedia: Asset management (incl. ISO 55000) |
| P79 |
FEMA: National Incident Management System, 3rd ed. (2017) |
| P80 |
Google SRE: Postmortem culture |
| P81 |
ASQ: PDCA Cycle; ISO Central: PDCA |
| P82 |
National Academies: Accident precursor analysis; Wikipedia: Normalization of deviance |
| P83 |
PHMSA: Metallurgical Laboratory Failure Examination Protocol; Wikipedia: Forensic engineering |