RiskFlag risk management software
Bow Tie
See what could go wrong. Show how it’s under control.
RiskFlag’s Bow Tie module helps you understand and manage risk with structure and transparency. By bringing cause, consequence, and control into one connected view, you can explain risk clearly and justify decisions with confidence.
Bring clarity to high-consequence decisions
When outcomes are serious but probabilities are hard to define, Bow Tie risk analysis offers a proven, visual way to understand and explain what could go wrong, what’s in place to stop it, and what happens if it doesn’t work.
RiskFlag brings that method into a flexible, integrated platform, designed for the people responsible for safety-critical decisions. From higher-risk buildings (HRB) to aviation, it keeps the focus where it matters most: the risk, the logic, and the accountability.
What the Bow Tie module helps you do
RiskFlag’s Bow Tie analysis software helps you visualise:
- Hazards that can’t be removed
- Top events where control is lost
- Threats that could cause them
- Consequences that could follow
- Barriers needed to prevent them
You can also capture degradation factors, assign barrier owners, track effectiveness, and link directly to safety case claims, tasks, and evidence - all in a single, auditable risk picture.
Key features:
Build Bow Ties from the organisation level or within specific safety cases. Easily move, clone, and scale diagrams with precision and traceability.
Map threats, barriers, and consequences using a flexible, visual editor. Collapse or isolate sections to focus on key scenarios in complex diagrams.
Create a visible connection between Bow Tie barriers and related claims or arguments in your safety cases. Simplify task management and ensure nothing is missed.
Collaborate with confidence. Built-in change tracking, version history, and comments give you a clear record of activity for assured decision-making.
Apply custom assessment models or metadata directly to diagram elements. Use filters, colour-coding, and smart search for convenient oversight.
Secure, 24/7 cloud-based access means your teams can access your Bow Tie analysis from any browser, with no installations or IT complexity.
Benefits at a glance
RiskFlag streamlines risk management across industries
Higher-risk Building Bow Tie analysis
RiskFlag helps housing teams bring responsibility into focus, making it easy to show what could go wrong, what’s in place to prevent it, and who’s accountable. Sector-specific templates support consistency, auditability, and confident decision-making across portfolios.
Aviation Bow Tie risk analysis
Aviation demands precision in how risks are understood, communicated, and justified. RiskFlag gives you the tools to build Bow Tie diagrams that hold up to review, support regulatory approvals, and make safety decisions easier to explain across teams and disciplines.
Why choose RiskFlag?
- We’re risk-thinking: RiskFlag brings together deep sector experience, lived responsibility, and a commitment to clarity, equipping people to make sound decisions under pressure.
- We push boundaries: We apply aviation-grade safety case logic, rethink how evidence is structured, and challenge conventional ways of working when they don’t stand up to scrutiny.
- We design for decision-makers: RiskFlag is built for the people who carry the weight of risk. We provide better structure, support, and tools that hold up in the moments that matter.
- We stay close: You get direct access to the people behind RiskFlag. We’re here to offer you fast support and transparent advice from day one.
- We keep improving: If something can be clearer, faster, or more robust, we change it. We’re constantly innovating to find the best risk management solutions.
We’ve been where you are. That’s why we’ve built what no one else could – industry-defining software, shaped by lived experience and backed by experts who know what’s at stake.
FAQs
Bow Tie analysis is a risk management method that visualises the pathway from threats to consequences, with controls shown in between. The diagram format helps teams simplify complex risks and explain how those risks are being managed.
Bow Tie analysis in risk management helps you see the whole risk picture. It makes it easier to spot weak points, check if barriers are working, and show who’s responsible for what. That means more informed decisions, stronger oversight, and less second-guessing when it matters most.
RiskFlag takes a proven method and builds it into a connected, intuitive platform. It links directly with your safety cases, risk registers, and tasks. You can link barriers to the arguments that justify them, track effectiveness, and maintain a live, auditable record across your team. In short, it helps you build a Bow Tie risk assessment process you can trust and explain.