Course curriculum

    1. Introduction to the Bowtie Practitioner Course

    2. Preparation

    3. How to effectively participate in an online course

    4. Detailed guide to download and install BowTieXP / IncidentXP and AuditXP

    1. Overview

    2. The bowtie method in 5 minutes

    3. Bowtie Practitioner Course - Session 1

    4. Slides

    5. Guiding Principles cheat sheet

    6. How to add a bowtie to your file

    7. De Ruijter, Guldenmund (2016) The bowtie method: A review

    8. Bowtie Practitioner Course - Session 1 (31 Oct 2024)

    1. Overview

    2. Slides

    3. Why threats in bowties don’t always lead to all consequences

    4. Your bowtie is too generic

    5. Sklet (2006) Safety barriers: Definition, classification, and performance

    6. Bowtie Practitioner Course - Session 2 (07 Nov 2024)

    1. Overview

    2. Slides

    3. Session materials

    4. How to add metadata to your file

    5. Use criticality to find important barriers

    6. Bowtie Practitioner Online - Session 3 Part 1 (21 Nov 2024)

    7. Bowtie Practitioner Online - Session 3 Part 2 (21 Nov 2024)

    8. Bowtie Practitioner Online - Session 3 Part 3 (21 Nov 2024)

    1. Overview

    2. Slides

    3. Slides (Update 28 Nov 2024)

    4. Session materials

    5. Bowtie Practitioner Online - Session 4 Part 1 (28 Nov 2024)

    6. Bowtie Practitioner Online - Session 4 Part 2 (28 Nov 2024)

    7. Bowtie Practitioner Online - Session 4 Part 3 (28 Nov 2024)

    8. Webinar: Practical applications of bowtie

    1. Bowtie: Information security

    2. Bowtie: Employee kidnapping

    3. Bowtie: Driving a car

About this course

  • 38 lessons
  • 15 hours of video content

Sessions Overview

  • Session 1: Introduction to bowtie

    Bowtie method background, Bowtie in risk management & Bowtie basics

  • Session 2: Building bowties

    Bowtie method & Build your own bowtie

  • Session 3: Adding metadata to bowties

    Using metadata & Using bowtie as decision support

  • Session 4: Applications of bowties

    Facilitate bowties & Applications of bowtie

Course description

During this four part online course, you will learn how to analyze risks using bowties in weekly group video calls with a bowtie expert. A thorough explanation of the method is combined with hands-on exercises using the BowTieXP software. The course covers how to build and apply bowtie diagrams in your organisation. All of our trainers have at least 8 years of experience in implementing barrier-based risk management.

Who should attend?

  • Those who play an active role in the creation of bowtie diagrams
  • HSE specialists
  • Risk analysts