PROCESS 3.1.8 SYSTEM ASSESSMENT.
Performance Objective. The organization will perform an assessment of the safety performance and effectiveness of risk controls, conformance to SMS expectations as stated herein, and the objectives of the safety policy. Design Expectations. (1) The organization will assess the performance and effectiveness of: (a) Safety-related functions of operational processes against their objectives and expectations, and (b) The SMS against its objectives and expectations. (2) System assessments will document results that indicate a finding of: (a) Conformity with existing safety risk control(s)/SMS expectations(s) (including regulatory requirements applicable to the SMS); (b) Nonconformity with existing safety risk control(s)/SMS expectations(s) (including regul...