Meaning of the signature
Meaning of the signature
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I am interested what is the definition of the signature in different organizations? What responsibility you take if you prepare, check or approve the technical documents (you can give some example tasks e.g. for stress reports)? What in case of a new document issue? Are you responsible for a whole document or for the edited parts/pages of the document only? Are there any general specification for that in aerospace industry?





RE: Meaning of the signature
> That should be evident by the context of the signature block, but ultimately, the preparer is usually the responsible engineer
What in case of a new document issue?
> That should be evident by the context of the signature block, as well as the documented procedure for creating a document.
Are you responsible for a whole document or for the edited parts/pages of the document only?
> That should be evident by the context of the signature block, but no one is generally listed as being responsible for only a portion of a document or specification.
Are there any general specification for that in aerospace industry?
> Not that I've seen.
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RE: Meaning of the signature
-when you signed "prepared" you made it clear that you produced it
-when you signed "checked" you made it clear you checked it for accuracy
-when you signed "approved" you made it clear that you authorized the release
Now, the real questions are a) what determination of responsibility would the courts hold those people to? Sorry, "we don't define the responsibility that way- no returnzees..." is not going to cut it when the lawyers get involved; and b)what is the opinion of your ultimate boss?
Here is the layout for signatures in a NASA stress report:
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RE: Meaning of the signature
I always think about the engineers at Morton Thiokol who did not agree with the o-ring tests. Would they have put their signature on a test document which they did not agree with?