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Most people start small and go further when they're ready to use the methods on their own work:
Workshop presentations
Nearly all presentations from the annual MIT STAMP Workshop since 2012 are public. Most are by industry practitioners showing what STPA, CAST, or other STAMP-based methods found in their own systems. Search by topic, industry, company, or method to find public examples close to your own work.
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Short tutorials
Tutorial videos give a basic familiarity with STAMP, STPA, and CAST. They are meant mainly for practitioners who are new to the methods and want to learn more.
Handbooks
The STPA and CAST handbooks are free to the community and are the definitive guides to understanding and applying both methods.
These handbooks have been downloaded more than 790,000 times.
- STPA Handbook (English, Japanese, Chinese, Korean)
- CAST Handbook (English, Japanese, Korean, and a healthcare edition)
Online classes and certification
Professional education in these methods is offered separately. The classes are full of hands-on exercises and are designed for new and experienced professionals who want to build their skills in STAMP-based methods.
Online STPA classes and certification
Publications
Many of our publications are free to download.
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Books
These books cover the underlying concepts, the theory, worked examples, and the strengths and weaknesses of different approaches to safety.
Tools
MIT does not make software tools for STAMP-based methods, but a number of other groups do. Some are free and others require a license.
Lecture notes from MIT classes
Some materials from MIT classes are public through MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW). Class discussions and activities can't be published, but some lecture slides can be downloaded. The slides went through MIT's standard clearance checks, such as confirming the copyright status of every image, so some material had to be removed.