IPS CASE STUDIES
Real Solutions for Real Problems
If your organization is still using the Fishbone, the Five Why’s and Events & Causal Factors Charts, you’re not working with 21st Century tools and techniques.
BlueDragon IPS has helped countless organizations to transform their teams into critical thinkers and problem solvers.

BLUEDRAGON IN ACTION
Case Studies
Near Fatality
At a Federal Government site, a non-electrical worker received a shock when he cut into a live wire with a current of 20 amps and 208 volts.
Equipment Failures
A Department of Defense Chemical Weapons Destruction Plant experienced seven consecutive failures of 4160v motors supplying three trains of vital breathing air...
Negative Trend
At a Federal Government construction site (part of the nuclear weapons complex), a negative trend of dropped objects from two cranes was proactively investigated...
Proactive Program Review
The Procurement Program at a Federal Government site (part of the nuclear weapons complex) was analyzed to determine why there were recurring issues...
The BlueDragon Framework is the architecture for a scalable methodology that identifies the deepest-seated causes of human-centric problems in modern, socio-technical work environments with amazing speed and accuracy.
The IPS Framework Combines:
- Critical Thinking
- Analysis of Defenses (Barrier Analysis)
- Data Analysis
- Comparative Timeline Analysis
- Task & Change Analysis
- Human Performance Evaluations
- Themes from Anatomy of an Event
- Bones from the Fishbone (Ishikawa)
- Lines of Inquiry
- Socratic Questioning
- Cause and Effect Analysis
- Common Cause Analysis
- Why Staircases
- Events & Causal Factors Charts
Top Use Cases
We work in regulated industries to evaluate and strengthen your defenses and reduce the probability of future events. We also provide organizations with the skills they need to solve their most complex problems.
Proactive
- Culture Assessments
- Risk Assessments
- Vulnerability Analyses
- Threat Assessments
- Proactive Program Reviews
- Trending and Analyses
- Audits and Self-assessments
Real-Time Investigations
- Operations & Maintenance
- Industrial Safety
- Quality Assurance
- Security & Safeguards
- Environmental Safety & Health
- Human Resources
Education
- Management Leadership & Development
- Causal Analyst Certification
- New Engineer Training & Development
- Intern Training & Development