BowTie Pro™ The fast, easy to use assessment tool Introduction to BowTie Pro™
Mar 31, 2015
BowTie Pro™The fast, easy to use assessment tool
Introduction to BowTie Pro™
BowTie Pro™ is a technically advanced yet easy to use tool to facilitate the creation of risk assessments.
A bow-tie diagram is a powerful visual presentation of the risk assessment process that can be readily understood by the non-specialist.
What is BowTie Pro™?
Key features of BowTie Pro™
Powerful visual graphical user interface Fast, versatile and easy to use Complete with standard reports, and visual outputs Facilitates the systematic development of bow-ties Allows the documentation of all shortfalls identified in the
risk assessment process Full customisation of the Risk Matrix as to its size,
categories, colours and definitions Dual language; the bow-tie diagram can easily be
produced in two different languages Various Analysis modules
What is a bow-tie diagram?
Left Hand = Threats that will
cause the hazardous event
Right Hand = Consequences
outcomes from the hazardous event
Knot= Hazard and hazardous event (What
we don’t want to happen)
Risk AssessmentThe Story = Controls
Left Hand Side ProtectionRight hand side mitigation
This is a bow-tie diagram
Example
When a tiger is in the cage there is no problem
An Example:
The problem
Example
Ahhhh!
Help
Run
…But if the tiger escapes
BowTie Pro™ can be used to
Show the problem clearly Highlight the Threats that can cause the problem Display the Controls (barriers) to prevent the problem
occurring Describe the potential Consequences Identify the recovery Controls required should the
problem occur Identify tasks and responsibilities Assess the risks
Creating a bow-tie diagram
Step 1 : Enter the Hazard(top) and the Event to be prevented
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Step 2 : Enter the Threats that could cause the event to occur
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Step 3 : Enter the Consequences of the event occurring with the assessed risk
Assessing the Risk
The risk can be easily assessed by selecting a category, e.g. People, and then selecting an item from the risk matrix on the consequence screen.
The results of the matrix selection are displayed in the consequence box on the diagram
The categories and the matrix can be fully configured to meet your needs
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Step 4 : Enter the Barrier Controls to prevent the event occurring
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Step 5 : Enter the Recovery Controls to mitigate against the consequences
Controlling the event & telling the story
Controls can be entered on both sides of the event. The controls tell us how we will manage the problem.
Controls also include details of: The Task The related documents How it should be verified
The colour indicates the type of control
The control description
& TaskWho is responsible
Control Code
Control Effectiveness
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Step 6 : Enter the items that will cause a Control to fail
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Step 7 : Define the Barriers for the Threats to the Controls
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We have now created a diagram which easily communicates to others how a tiger escape will be prevented and rectified.
BowTie Pro™ enabled this diagram to be constructed quickly, easily and systematically
Outputs of BowTie Pro™
BowTie Pro™ diagram: used as a visual communication of assessment to any
interested party versatile output options e.g. printer, bitmaps, jpegs, emf,
windows clipboard etc.
BowTie Pro™ reports: range of reporting format options e.g. event details,
responsibility listings, quality check reports etc. versatile report output options e.g. direct to printers, PDFs,
Microsoft Excel, RTF etc
Data connection of BowTie Pro™
Data from other BowTie Pro™ files can be imported Data can be pulled from central BowTie Pro™ web
sources Options to import data from other existing risk
assessment products Data can be exported from BowTie Pro™ to Excel and
other types
Benefits of BowTie Pro™
Facilitates fast, cost effective risk assessments of an organisations’ risks
Rapid storage and retrieval of risk information Produces reports in format to suit specific user needs BowTie Pro™ diagrams are a valuable aide in
communicating and understanding of an organisation’s risk control frameworks
Aids any audit purposes Change control process to assist in assessing the
consequence of organisational or procedural changes Demonstrating effective management of risk to
shareholders, other stakeholders and regulators Enhances overall business effectiveness
BowTie Pro™
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Tel: +44 (0) 1224 51 50 94Fax: +44 (0) 1224 51 52 99
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