Creating and Editing Control Methods and Reaction Plans
- Tino Pförtner
Prevention and detection actions can be assigned to process/product characteristics. They will then become visible in the control plan as control methods (detection actions) and reaction plans (prevention actions).
In order to assign an element characteristic to a control method and/or a reaction plan, you have
to assign an action group first. Action groups can only be assigned to malfunctions.
Entering Control Methods and Reaction Plans Using the PSS
You can also enter new tasks using the PSS view. Go to your project and expand the root element. Then
expand the element which you want to assign a task to. Find the process/product characteristic and the
corresponding malfunction and right-click on it. Then select New > Action Group.
Outcome: a dialog will appear where you can define a new action group (already defined action groups
will be visible under New Action Group).
Now, you can expand the malfunction, and expand the action group, too.
Right-click on Construction actions, and then select New > Construction/Operation Prevention/Detection action.
A dialog will appear.
There, you can define the name of the task, and optionally enter a description, a status (depending on the status of the task, the field in the control plan will be a different color), priority, date the task was created/finished and/or deadlines and an assignee. Click on Finish at the bottom of the dialog when ready. The task will now become visible in the control plan.
Editing Control Methods and Reaction Plans
To edit an existing control method or reaction plan, right-click on the task in the control plan.
Then click on Edit.
Or, you can go to the PSS view and there unfold all the relevant functions until you find the
Construction actions. There you can right-click on the action, and then on Edit. - Outcome: this performance will open a dialog analogous to the one used for creating tasks.