Felix Redmill
Accessible documents
A number of papers by Felix Redmill are available under the following headings:
· Risk-based Testing
· Engineering Education
· Safety Engineering and Management
· IEC 61508
· Subjectivity in Risk Analysis
· Fagan’s Inspection
· Management in Cricket
Risk-based Testing
Exploring Risk-based Testing and Its Implications
by Felix Redmill
Published in Software Testing, Verification and Reliability, Vol. 14, No. 1, March 2004
Synopsis: This paper examines what is implied by risk-based testing, shows that its practice requires an understanding of risk,
and points to the need for research into the topic and the development of a body of knowledge to underpin it.
Theory and Practice of Risk-based Testing
Felix Redmill
Published in Software Testing, Verification and Reliability, Vol. 15, No. 1, March 2005
Synopsis: This paper explains three methods of risk-based testing.
Risk-based Test Planning During System Development
Felix Redmill
Invited paper at KKIO 2004, Gdansk, Poland, 5-8 October 2004
Synopsis: This paper advocates taking a risk-based and test-based approach throughout the development life cycle.
Engineering Education
Some Suggestions for the (Software) Engineering Curriculum
Felix Redmill
Published in Engineering Science and Education Journal, Vol. 4 No. 3, IEE, London, June 1995
Synopsis: This paper considers why engineering graduates are not immediately suited to their industrial requirements and,
based on experience, it makes proposals for how the mismatch may be mitigated by changes to the syllabus.
Strategic Perspectives on Engineering Education
Felix Redmill
Published in Engineering Education 2002, IEE, 3-4 January 2002
Synopsis: This paper proposes that the engineering syllabus should be planned strategically such that what is taught in
each year depends on what we want students to be at the end of it.
Safety Engineering and Management
Safety Integrity Levels — Theory and problems
Felix Redmill
Lessons in System Safety: Proceedings of the Eighth Safety-critical Systems Symposium, Southampton, UK, 2000
Synopsis: This paper attempts to explain the tricky subject of SILs and to show how the concept can be confusing as well as difficult.
Felix Redmill
Safety Science, Vol. 42, 2004, 355-367
Synopsis: This paper explains why there is a desire to use commercial off-the-shelf systems and components, and it examines the various aspects of the arguments for and against them - from a safety point of view.
Grasping at the Shadow of Safety and Missing the Substance
Felix Redmill
Invited paper at Sixth International Symposium on Programmable Electronic Systems in Safety Related Applications, Cologne, 4-5 May 2004
Synopsis: This paper provides a number of examples of how short-cuts can lead to the illusion rather than the reality of achieving safety.
Understanding the Risks Posed by ManagementFelix Redmill
Developments in Risk-based Approaches to Safety - Proceedings of the Fourteenth Safety-critical Systems Symposium, Bristol, UK, 2006, published by Springer
Synopsis: This paper proposes that the safety risks posed by management can be significant and should be addressed in risk analysis and the safety case.
IEC 61508
An Introduction to the Safety Standard IEC 61508
Felix Redmill
Journal of the System Safety Society, Volume 35, No. 1, First Quarter 1999
Synopsis: This paper introduces the standard and the safety principles on which it is based.
Installing IEC 61508 and Supporting its Users - Nine Necessities
Felix Redmill
Invited paper at the Fifth
Australian Workshop on Safety Critical Systems and Software, Melbourne,
Australia, 24 November 2000
Synopsis: This paper, based on experience of observing the attempted
use of the standard, shows why many such attempts have not been
successful and offers a number of requirements for success.
Subjectivity in Risk Analysis
A Report (unpublished)
Felix Redmill
Synopsis: This report explores technical and psychological reasons why all aspects of risk analysis carry a great deal of subjectivity. It provides the base material for a number of the shorter articles included in this cache.
How Much Risk Reduction is Enough?
Felix Redmill
Journal of System Safety, 36, 1, First Quarter 2000
Also included (in Japanese) on website of JICOSH, the Japanese International Centre for Occupational Safety and Health, http://www.jicosh.gr.jp/, July 2000
Synopsis: A short article on subjective decisions that contribute to the assessment of risk tolerability.
Some Dimensions of Risk Not Often Considered by Engineers
Felix Redmill
Journal of System Safety, Vol. 38, No. 4, Fourth Quarter 2002
Also published in the Computing & Control Engineering Journal (IEE), Vol. 13, No. 6, December 2002
Risk Analysis - A Subjective Process
Felix Redmill
Engineering Management Journal (IEE), Vol. 12, No. 2, April 2002
Exploring Subjectivity in Hazard Analysis
Felix Redmill
Engineering Management Journal (IEE), Vol. 12, No. 3, June 2002
The Significance to Risk Analysis of Risks Posed by Humans
Felix Redmill
Engineering Management Journal, Vol. 12, No. 4, August 2002
Journal of System Safety, September-October 2005
Thoughts on Risk Communication
Felix Redmill
Published as "Risk Communication" in
The eJournal of System Safety, Volume 42, No.3, May - June 2006
Fagan’s Inspection
Felix Redmill, Eric Johnson and Bjorn Runge
British Telecommunications Engineering, Vol. 6, No. 4, January 1988
Synopsis: This paper describes Fagan’s Inspection and offers advice, based on experience, on its implementation and use.
Management in Cricket
Quality in Cricket Demands Quality in Management
Felix Redmill
Caribbean Cricket
Quarterly, Vol. 9, No. 4, October/December 1999
Synopsis: This article offers thoughts on the requirements for the
management of West Indies cricket.