Safe business management is a strategy that is focused on the operational safety processes of a company. It requires that managers take care of an array of influencing factors, including culture, leadership, and training.
The safety and health guidelines of a business should be in line with the guidelines of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. This is crucial to get the desired outcomes. The management team of a business must be also committed to the success of the system. This requires demonstrating with direct remarks, performance evaluations and bonus systems that a company respects safety as much as production numbers. LyondellBasell for instance, has a policy that states that should OSHA injuries are high and managers are not be eligible for bonuses.
Lean-Agile, Scaled Scrum and other Agile frameworks place a top priority on safe business management. In particular, they emphasize roles, structures and artifacts that are appropriate for each scale. For example, the Lean-Agile model has the roles of safety and quality for each Scrum team. The model also emphasizes the importance to keep the safety of employees in mind when creating software.
A safe business management program is a vital component of the Technology Backbone Model (TBM). TBM and SAFe are working together to ensure that better software and systems are not as expensive. Learn more about the TBM and SAFe relationship in this article about transforming IT into a true partner.