TITLE:
The Functional Resonance Analysis Method: A Performance Appraisal Tool for Risk Assessment and Accident Investigation in Complex and Dynamic Socio-Technical Systems
AUTHORS:
Issa Diop, Georges Abdul-Nour, Dragan Komljenovic
KEYWORDS:
Functional Resonance Analysis Method (FRAM), Resilience Engineering (RE), Decision-Making, Strategic Asset Management (SAM), Risk Management (RM), Industry 4.0, Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA)
JOURNAL NAME:
American Journal of Industrial and Business Management,
Vol.12 No.2,
February
28,
2022
ABSTRACT: This article aims at systematically reviewing the entire collection of
papers published on the development and application of the functional resonance
analysis method (FRAM) in the last decade. The Preferred Reporting Item for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA)
methodology has been
utilized as a formal systematic literature review standard for data gathering. The analysis encompassed 47 documents devoted to this
subject matter, systematically retrieved from the online database Scopus. The
findings revealed the necessity for the development of systemic safety
assessment approaches to explain performance variability of complex and dynamic
socio-technical systems (risk
assessment or accident investigation). Indeed, it is
crucial to rigorously assess the performance variability throughout safety
appraisal since unexpected performance variability can combine in undesirable
manners and consequently denotes a threat for safety and losses of human life.
However, the FRAM process has some pros and cons as discussed in this review.
Consequently, other assessment methods exist to complement the FRAM process.