comments and concerns are addressed prior to the program’s planned AMS decision. The AJI  SCLs must:  The Audits and Assessments Group, AJI-32, provides the ATO with mechanisms to ensure the  safety of the NAS by identifying areas of risk or concern. The group uses a streamlined process  to audit requirement compliance and assess the effectiveness of mitigation strategies. The  group also uses a structured process to assess the safety and operational readiness of new  systems prior to deployment in the NAS.  The Independent Safety Assessments Team, AJI-321, is responsible for evaluating designated  acquisition systems (and major modifications) through the  Independent Operational  Assessment (IOA) function. 11 To ensure that solutions are within acceptable levels of safety  risk, the SMS and the AMS require that IOAs be conducted on designated systems prior to the  deployment decisions (such as the In-Service Decision (ISD)) to identify safety hazards and  operational concerns in a representative operational environment. AJI-32 will perform RTCA DO-278A compliance spot audits to support the signing of the SSAR  by the ATO Chief Safety Engineer.  During the ISM phase, AJI-321 is also responsible for conducting post-implementation safety  assessments of designated systems, procedures, and service capabilities to independently  assess the residual risk of changes in the NAS, identify any new hazards or operational  concerns not anticipated during SRM, and ensure the mitigations for identified hazards have  been properly implemented and comply with SMS requirements.  11. See AMS, Section 4.5,  Independent Operational Assessment , for more information. 4_SRMGSA_202003  Originally published March 2020  Uncontrolled copy when downloaded  33 • Identify, evaluate, and document lessons learned. • Ensure that safety risks associated with initiatives that have conducted safety analyses/assessments are mapped to and considered in the SRM activities of any acquisition program. • Serve on ANG or SCT-chartered teams as requested to represent the entire ATO from a safety perspective. • Coordinate the peer review of SRM documentation with the PO (see  Section 8.4) within a timeframe that is consistent with the planned JRC decisions. This review must, at a minimum, ensure that the cause-and-effect relationship between proposed changes to the NAS and the risks to the operational safety of the NAS are explicitly analyzed and documented. • Work with a PO, when assigned by the AJI-314 Team Manager, to guide the team in conducting and developing the safety analyses and the PSP. As the SRM documentation is being developed, the AJI SCLs provide periodic feedback to the PST. At the appropriate time, they recommend to the AJI-314 Team Manager that the SRM documentation is ready to enter the peer review process for approval and signatures. • Meet with the POs and convene SSMs, as needed, to ensure timely development of SRM documentation in support of JRC milestones, starting in the CRD phase and ending during the ISM phase. 4.5.5.3 AJI Audits and Assessments Group 