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Standards Alignment

The industrial standards and frameworks ChangePilot is built around. Each row names a capability, the standard it's aligned to, and the clause that specifically informs our design.

ChangePilot is designed to address these standards. We do not claim compliance certification — that's the customer's auditor's call against the customer's specific facility, scope, and evidence.

Management of Change (MOC)

CapabilityStandard / ClauseHow it maps
MOC workflow — full 6-stage lifecycle
OSHA Process Safety Management
29 CFR 1910.119(l)
Each MOC stage maps to a 1910.119(l) sub-clause: Capture/Frame to (l)(1) technical basis, Route/Decide to (l)(2) authorization, Execute to (l)(3) inform employees + (g) training + (i) PSSR, Closeout to (l)(4) records.
MOC procedure design
AIChE Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS)
Guidelines for Management of Change
ChangePilot's MOC stage model + risk-tagging + lessons-learned loop follows the CCPS MoC framework.
Replacement-in-kind exclusion
OSHA PSM
29 CFR 1910.119(l) RIK exclusion
Valve scoping pack distinguishes strict RIK from functional changes; the RIK exclusion appears as a question hint to anchor the call.

Pre-Startup Safety Review (PSSR)

CapabilityStandard / ClauseHow it maps
PSSR hard gate before restart
OSHA PSM
29 CFR 1910.119(i)
Execute stage carries a PSSR checklist + signoff requirement. Cannot transition to Closeout without it.
PSSR equivalent under EPA RMP
EPA Risk Management Program
40 CFR 68.77
Available as an attachable citation; same checklist satisfies both regimes for facilities subject to RMP.

Hot Work permits

CapabilityStandard / ClauseHow it maps
Hot work fire-watch and 35-foot rule
NFPA
NFPA 51B — Standard for Fire Prevention During Welding, Cutting, and Other Hot Work
Hot-work scoping pack carries the 35-foot rule explicitly in the question hint, plus continuous-fire-watch requirements during work and post-work hold.
Hot work in classified areas
OSHA
29 CFR 1910.252
Hot-work scoping pack escalates fire-watch + gas-testing cadence for Class I Div 1/2 classified areas (NFPA 70 Article 500).

Lockout / Tagout (LOTO)

CapabilityStandard / ClauseHow it maps
LOTO complexity question on energized assets
OSHA
29 CFR 1910.147
Pump and valve scoping packs ask LOTO complexity (single source / electrical+process / multi-source / group). Multi-source triggers reference to 1910.147(c)(4) written energy-isolation procedure; group LOTO triggers 1910.147(f)(3) overall responsibility.
LOTO program reference
ANSI
ANSI Z244.1
Cited alongside 1910.147 in scoping-pack hints. Z244.1 covers alternative methods of energy isolation when LOTO is impractical.

Process Hazard Analysis (PHA)

CapabilityStandard / ClauseHow it maps
PHA requirement
OSHA PSM
29 CFR 1910.119(e)
Functional changes flagged by the valve scoping pack route to a PHA-redline subtask. Hotspots stage feeds the PHA's hazard identification.
HAZOP guidewords for systematic deviation analysis
IEC
IEC 61882
Universal RISK_PACK question hints reference HAZOP guidewords (no / less / more / reverse / other-than) when the user is identifying process deviations.
Layer of Protection Analysis (LOPA)
AIChE CCPS
CCPS Guidelines for Layer of Protection Analysis
Risk likelihood + impact questions in RISK_PACK map to LOPA initiating-event frequencies and consequence categories. Required risk reduction maps to IEC 61511 SIL bands.
Safety Instrumented System fail-safe state
IEC
IEC 61511
Valve fail-position question hint anchors the SIS fail-safe state requirement when the valve is part of a Safety Instrumented Function.

Contractor Management

CapabilityStandard / ClauseHow it maps
Contractor pre-qualification + onsite oversight
OSHA PSM
29 CFR 1910.119(h)
Contractor scoping pack drives pre-qualification, additional-insured, badge process, and orientation flow. Vendor module (Pro tier) extends this with RFQ + scorecard.

Training & Competency

CapabilityStandard / ClauseHow it maps
Training on operating procedures
OSHA PSM
29 CFR 1910.119(g)
Execute stage carries training records linked to the MOC. Required-by-restart training cleared before PSSR.

Incident Investigation (when Incidents UI ships)

CapabilityStandard / ClauseHow it maps
Incident investigation requirement
OSHA PSM
29 CFR 1910.119(m)
When the Incidents module ships, its workflow follows AIChE CCPS Guidelines for Investigating Chemical Process Incidents + HFACS for human-factors classification.

Compliance Audits

CapabilityStandard / ClauseHow it maps
Triennial compliance audit
OSHA PSM
29 CFR 1910.119(o)
Audit-trail PDF + signature-chain export are designed as the evidence packet a 1910.119(o) audit team needs.
Management-system audit method
ISO
ISO 19011 — Guidelines for auditing management systems
Audit-trail format follows ISO 19011 expectations for traceability, signoff, and evidence chain.

Continuous Improvement

CapabilityStandard / ClauseHow it maps
Lessons-learned closure loop
Deming + ISO
PDCA cycle + ISO 9001 §10.3 (continual improvement)
MOC closeout's Lessons Learned section closes the Plan-Do-Check-Act loop; lessons are designed to feed the next cycle, not just sit in a file.

Vertical extensions

CapabilityStandard / ClauseHow it maps
Pharma — electronic records + cGMP
FDA
21 CFR Part 11 + 21 CFR 210/211
Signature-chain PDF and electronic-signature audit trail are structured to support 21 CFR 11 evidence. Pharma vertical page references Annex 15 for change qualification.
Energy / utilities — bulk electric system controls
NERC
CIP-010 (configuration change management) + CIP-013 (supply chain)
Energy vertical page maps configuration-change management to the MOC workflow; vendor onboarding maps to CIP-013 supply-chain risk.

Project planning vocabulary

CapabilityStandard / ClauseHow it maps
PMBOK terminology in the screener and planner
PMI
PMBOK Guide — terms used: deliverable, milestone, dependency, scope baseline
Screener + planner copy uses PMBOK-aligned terms where they're sharper than alternatives. Avoids forcing white-collar PM tone onto industrial copy.
Standards listed here are referenced throughout the product as in-context tooltips, screener question hints, audit-PDF citations, and pricing detail.