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Guest Post by Patrick Ow (first posted on CERM ® RISK INSIGHTS – reposted here with permission)

If your organisation is suffering from performance issues despite what you consider well-executed strategies, plans, and initiatives, then you have a range of roadblocks holding you back.

Typically, when organisations are losing market share or not making achieving their revenue targets, the first thing they do is to change their goals, strategy, mission, structure, vision, values etc, and even their plans.

Looking externally seems to be the easiest when organisations are suffering a range of performance challenges that they want to improve.

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Guest Post by Dianna Deeney (first posted on CERM ® RISK INSIGHTS – reposted here with permission)

New product development engineers are managing risks, daily, with each design decision: unknown risk in creating something new, risk introduced through a failure, human factors risk, and other risks related to products and services. Their design decisions affect downstream activities (from production through disposal) and the bottom-line success of the product in the market. How can engineers manage these risks through the design process?

Proactively managing risks can be an iterative part of product design engineering. Risks can be managed at the early concept phases of development when changes to the design are easier to make. Finding and addressing risks also helps the team to avoid surprises late in development and after the product has been released to the market. The results are not only managing risks but also managing the design process for a more successful product.

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Guest Post by John Ayers (first posted on CERM ® RISK INSIGHTS – reposted here with permission)

Two schedule tools are widely used for the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS )around the world to manage projects. The first one is Microsoft Project (MS Project). The second one is Primavera P6.  They are both very good. Primavera P6 is an Oracle product originally designed for the construction industry. MS Project is simpler and easier to learn based on my experience. It also costs less than Primavera P6. DOD uses MS Project and typically requires it for use on government contracts. Other industries use one or the other depending on the size and complexity of the project.

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Guest Post by James Kline (first posted on CERM ® RISK INSIGHTS – reposted here with permission)

The Government Accounting Standards Board (GASB) on June 20, 2022, issued an exposure draft on the disclosure of certain risks. This piece examines the requirements and problems.

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Guest Post by Bill Pomfret (first posted on CERM ® RISK INSIGHTS – reposted here with permission)

The Focus of driver safety is on preventing accidents and implementing the necessary protocols to control risk across commercial fleets, but crashes do happen, so, the question I ask is are fleets doing enough to help drivers when they are involved in a collision?

The size of the problem

Globally an estimated that 1.3 million people die every year due to a road traffic collision, in addition there are between 20-50 million more suffering non-fatal injuries. These often result in life-changing injuries, which have far-reaching consequences for both family and friends. Research has shown that up to 40% of people will be trapped in their vehicles following a collision. [Read more…]

Guest Post by Malcolm Peart (first posted on CERM ® RISK INSIGHTS – reposted here with permission)

This is a story about project reporting, and its importance to project management.  No matter how many or how few reports there are, it’s the report that provides the information that managers need to make decisions.  It’s also not about the glut or the dearth though, it’s about the quality of the content and timing of delivery that can make all the difference between right or wrong decisions, and a project’s overall outcome.

So, if you are sitting comfortably then I’ll begin.

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Guest Post by Malcolm Peart (first posted on CERM ® RISK INSIGHTS – reposted here with permission)

Yes…is that a ‘yes’ in that something is correct and there is affirmation of acceptance?  Or is it “yes?” in response to having one’s attention attracted, or “yes?” as a question as to how something should be done or “yes” affirming one’s agreement regarding a decision on a particular course of action.  Not all yeses mean the same.

How often though do we hear the word ‘yes’ and assume it’s what we would like it to mean.  Many take ‘yes’ to mean that there is agreement with what has been said and a positive alignment with their way of thinking or writing and the course of action to be taken.  But that’s not entirely so.

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