A long time ago, I worked for a Japanese company which had a Alert Lots Of People function available to it. We drilled on its use. Since it's instructive (this thread may be longish):
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Very similar to emergency procedures on marine vessels. Spoken confirmations, radio discipline, procedure binders, laminated checklist cards, repeatedly practiced so you can act correctly under stress.
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I once found myself responding to a fire alarm by grabbing a warm sweater, wallet, medication, and looking around the room for my life jacket ... While in the high desert 100km from the ocean. Training sticks.
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Checklists have a long track record of improving safety and outcomes in life-threatening situations. It boggles the mind that they aren’t a common practice in software engineering yet
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A very nice reference that most IT & software professionals could benefit from is the Human Performance Tool Box from the Tennessee Valley Authority: http://multi.tva.gov/contractor/instructors/ATIS00076300/HU_Tools_Student_Handout.pdf …
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Civil Aviation similar maybe cockpits more automated now but retired flight attendant says when plane was pulled back from gate could hear cockpit crew going through checklists
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All to often in corporate environments end-of-the-world grade actions taken without a second pair of eyes, I sometimes ask someone else to double check - usually people don't mind
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