Transport Canada Civil Aviation has adopted a business model to deliver and manage its program. It applies equally to safety as to other, broader management issues.

The business model is based on risk management. Its application will help the organization make better decisions in an environment that is forever beleaguered by competing demands for limited resources. [More]

Initiation

Collect proactive and reactive data and integrate from various sources internal and external to Transport Canada Civil Aviation to identify issues.

Preliminary Analysis

Analyse the issue by understanding the causal, contributing and underlying factors; determine the scope of the issue; establish a benchmark to enable measurement of the impact.

Continuously monitor reported issues for trends (aggregate issues).

Risk Estimation

Estimate risk and determine risk level. Decide if intervention is necessary.

Risk Evaluation

Evaluate benefit of intervening given associated costs.

Measure Impact and Communicate

Measure change using original benchmark and communicate the results to stakeholders. Determine that the risks were mitigated. If they were not - diagnose, redo and repair processes.