Analysis Planning & Simulation Data Management, Complementary Techniques to Assure Confidence in Simulation Results

Althea De Souza from Quesada Solutions Ltd

Essential steps in simulation governance for an analyst are to record what you plan to do to analyse an engineering problem and then to record what you assumed, what you did, what you found and what you concluded. While this is stating the obvious, consistent record keeping is essential for peer review, justification of results, quality compliance, subsequent further analyses and building a knowledge base. However, record keeping can be dull and time-consuming and it’s easy to forget to record assumptions which were obvious at the time but which may not be obvious three months or three years later. This can be a significant barrier to the effective implementation of a Simulation Data Management (SDM) system, despite the wide-ranging benefits that such systems can provide. In this discussion, we invite you to consider how a simple approach can be effective in developing simulation records that work for you and set the building blocks for a full SDM system in the future.