Paper Safety Is Not Real Safety: The Truth About Stop Work Authority

"If nobody can name the last stop that cost real money, you do not have stop work authority. You have a slogan."

This week Dr. Logan F. Martin and James Junkin mark Episode 150 by going back to where it all started. Episode 1 of The Risk Matrix was called Paper Safety Is Not Real Safety. One hundred and fifty episodes later, that thesis is still unfinished business. They tackle stop work authority and what separates a program that lives on paper from one that actually works.

RESOURCES

• Stop Work Authority: Policy or Permission by Dr. Logan F. Martin
  

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  The Contractor Liability Myth by James Junkin
  

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  The Record Decides by Dr. Logan F. Martin

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