Abstract
The Student Qualitative Undertaking Involvement Risk Model (SQUIRM) was designed to facilitate the determination of the impact of using student (or inexperienced) workers, on a project. The model identifies several prospective categories of risk. It, then, discusses the risk potential and source and provides a limited consideration of how to mitigate this risk. The risk sources considered included those specific to student (inexperienced worker) involvement, standard risks and standard risk sources which are enhanced by the use of student (inexperienced) workers. This paper presents a qualitative assessment framework and begins the process of quantifying the model. The difference between the use of students (in an academic or industrial setting) versus inexperienced workers is also considered. The base model is presented and extended by further tracing the risk sources back, using root cause analysis techniques. The application of the base and extended models to various projects is discussed. Considerations in choosing which model to use for a given application are also presented. The paper concludes by presenting a value model for considering student (inexperienced worker) involvement benefits versus associated risks, and the differences in the risk reward ratio between academic, internship and junior worker scenarios.
Highlights
Student involvement in research and other projects is common at universities around the world
Despite the prevalence of student involvement in the development of key technologies and their performance of numerous duties, the management literature contains little consideration of the specific risk elements introduced by student workers
An understanding of the impact of using student student workers is important in the case of aerospace projects due to the low defect tolerance, inaccessibility and criticality of many projects
Summary
Student involvement in research and other projects is common at universities around the world. It presents an enhanced model that augments the base SQUIRM framework with root cause analysis, resulting in a more detailed consideration of student status on typical (non-student) risk factors The use of this model can provide a more robust evaluation of the impact of student participation, as compared to the base model. It begins the process of quantifying the SQUIRM and extended SQUIRM frameworks, discussing how the models can be used in order to assess risks (considering likelihood, impact and the mitigation techniques employed) on a single project basis or across multiple projects It presents a value model for evaluating the participation of student (and other inexperienced) workers. The differences between types of inexperienced workers are briefly discussed, before concluding
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