A checklist is used as an aid to memory. In Psychology, memory is an organism's ability to store retain and subsequently retrieve information It helps to ensure consistency and completeness in carrying out a task. A basic example is the "to do list. " A more advanced checklist would be a schedule, which lays out tasks to be done according to time of day or other factors.
Applications
- a tool that is used as a human factors aid in aviation safety to ensure that a long list of items are not forgotten. A broader definition of a tool is an entity used to interface between two or more domains that facilitates more effective action of one domain upon the other See also The Human Factor (disambiguation. Human factors is a term that covers The science of understanding the properties Air safety is a term encompassing the theory investigation and categorization of flight failures, and the prevention of such failures through regulation as well as through
- use in medical practice to ensure that clinical practice guidelines are followed. A medical guideline (also called a clinical guideline, clinical protocol or clinical practice guideline) is a document with the aim of guiding decisions
- used in quality assurance of software engineering, to check process compliance, code standardization and error prevention, and others. Software engineering is the application of a systematic disciplined quantifiable approach to the development operation and maintenance of Software.
- often used in industry in operations procedures. For other uses of this term see Industry (disambiguation An industry (from Latin industrius, "diligent industrious"
- can aid in mitigating claims of negligence in public liability claims by providing evidence of a risk management system being in place. Public liability is part of the law of Tort which focuses on civil wrongs
Format
Checklists are presented as lists with small checkboxes down the left hand side of the page. In Computing, a check box ( checkbox, tickbox, or tick box) is a Graphical user interface A small tick or checkmark is drawn in the box after the item has been completed. A tick (known as a checkmark or check in American English) is a mark (✓ ✔ ☑, etc
External links
- The Checklist by Atul Gawande, from The New Yorker
- Compendium of Checklists
- How the pilot's checklist came about: Air Force Magazine version
- Virtual Checklist - an Open Source (GPL) checklist software written in VB. The New Yorker is an American Magazine that publishes reportage commentary criticism essays fiction satire cartoons and poetry NET.
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