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hazards, and control infrastructure in a way that integrates implementability and technical

sufficiency to provide for adequate protection. Records of these considerations are made to aid

those charged with implementation.

In Process Element 4: Identifying the Necessary and Sufficient Set of Standards, relevant

knowledge of the work and the available mechanisms of performance are brought to bear to

achieve an adequate and feasible WSS set. The requirement that the Identification Team

confirm and document implementing assumptions serves to address issues of feasibility in

going from the pre-WSS situation of the organization to a post-Process state of WSS

conformance. Properly developed WSS sets will document assumptions about the specific

"system for managing the work" into which the care and implementation of the new standards

set will be entrusted.

During Process Element 5: Confirming the Necessary and Sufficient Set of Standards, the

Confirmation Team examines how well the Convened Group and the Identification Team in

working to closure on the proposed WSS set have anticipated and addressed the conditions in

the implementing organization. This is done to provide the Approval Parties assurance that the

existing "system for managing the work" can "get there" (to WSS conformance) "from here" (the

prevailing condition of the organization).

The Process Leader, in presenting the documentation of the WSS set to the Approval Parties,

should indicate what prior steps have been taken toward adequate implementation. Additional

implementability actions recommended in the Process documentation should be brought to the

attention of the Approval Parties. While the bulk of any needed actions will normally fall to the

Responsible Organization, in many situations some supporting actions may be necessary by the

other Agreement Parties. These actions should be coordinated by means of the normal

processes for contract change control at the level of ISMS approval for the defined scope of

work (e.g. DOE to prime contractor, or prime contractor to major subcontractor).

In addition to the verification that the WSS set has been faithfully applied in the sense of a

specification, there is often a cultural component involved with implementation. The successful

application of the Process as a decision-making discipline has often worked a notable

transformation of attitudes between the Responsible Organization participants and their DOE