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systems without extraordinary compensatory measures.

Other areas that the assessor might investigate to pursue leads further include:

Determining if the procedure change system is too cumbersome for operators to use for

known problems

Investigating to see if the technical engineering group submits procedure changes in response

to design problems

Analyzing if the procedure writer's group has been tasked with higher priority projects than

making changes to the retention basin procedure

Exploring activity management involvement in assuring that procedures are followed

according to management expectation and that they remain current

5.9 Daily Team Meetings. The time and location for a daily meeting between all team

members should be established. The meeting should be chaired by the team leader and should last

approximately one hour. To ensure that every team member participates, the meeting should be

structured in a relatively informal manner with enough opportunity for open discussion.

Typically, each team member provides a short summary of any leads, potential findings or

concerns that are developing, and any areas of inquiry and issues to be pursued the next day. All

team members should have the opportunity to question observations and comment on potential

similarities or overlaps with their activities. However, team members should not go into lengthy

discussions describing an accounting of their days activities.

During the day, team members may discover information that is the responsibility of other team

members. For large teams, it is helpful to designate a written method for passing information

from member to member. It may be advantageous to utilize a 3x5 index card listing the

following information: the lead discovered, the name of the individual who discovered it, and the

group to whom it is being passed. This information should be passed as soon as possible but not