Dependability as Ordinary Action

Authors:
Alexander Voß;Roger Slack;Rob Procter;Robin Williams;Mark Hartswood;Mark Rouncefield
Affiliations:
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Venue:
SAFECOMP '02 Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Computer Safety, Reliability and Security
Year:
2002

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Abstract

This paper presents an ethnomethodologically informed study of the ways that more-or-less dependable systems are part of the everyday lifeworld of society members. Through case study material we explicate howd ependability is a practical achievement and how it is constituted as a common sense notion. We show how attending to the logical grammar of dependability can clarify some issues and potential conceptual confusions around the term that occur between lay and 'professional' uses. The paper ends with a call to consider dependability in its everyday ordinary language context as well as more 'professional' uses of this term.