What is a What If/Checklist Analysis?

What IF/Checklist Analysis is a combination of What If Analysis and the Checklist Analysis. When used by an experienced team, What If/Checklist analysis has the potential to be an extremely powerful technique.

When should you use a What If/Checklist Analysis?

You can use a What If/Checklist analysis at any time with either an existing or a new facility.

What If/Checklist Methodology

1. Obtain all checklists that will be of value to the study. If no checklists are available, you must create one by first consulting all available sources of information, such as material safety data sheets and research literature.
2. Designate checklist items that are not applicable as "N/A" and review the remaining.
3. For checklist items that are applicable:
   1. Postulate problems and failures by asking questions, such as "What if …?" or "Is it possible for … to occur?" or "Has … been considered?"
   2. For each question asked in step 3a, record the consequences.
   3. For each question asked in step 3a, record any safeguards present that may prevent the occurrence of the hazard or mitigate the consequences.
   4. For each question asked in step 3a, propose any recommendations required to prevent the occurrence of the hazard or mitigate the consequences.

What-If/Checklist Facilitation

Dyadem's Engineering Services Division offers a proven track record of helping our clients achieve success in risk mitigation and is committed to providing industry professionals with constructive solutions to meet their risk assessment and risk management objectives. Dyadem can provide the resources that you need to complement your existing project/review team. We will review the project and its goals at the beginning of the project to ensure that it provides the information, analysis and solutions that meet your needs.

Dyadem facilitates your What-If/Checklist study in a three-step manner. We will first review the respective process safety information along with the scope and objectives of the project. This is followed by a series of onsite meetings where the facilitator guides the team to identify the hazards associated and assists them in analyzing these scenarios further. Post meeting, the facilitator provides a report that includes all the findings and recommendations of this study.