Managing Risk: Methods for Software Systems Development

Part III Risk Management Infrastructure

Here is a basic rule for winning success. Let us mark it in the mind and remember it. The rule is: Success depends on the support of other people. The only hurdle between you and what you want to be is the support of others.

—David Joseph Schwartz

Part III provides the methods to establish the infrastructure for a risk aware culture. Organizational building blocks include establishing risk management policy, conducting training, verifying compliance, and improving the process.

Chapter 9, “Develop the Policy,” describes a policy for risk management performance. Read Chapter 9 to learn how to develop a risk ethic within your organization.

Chapter 10, “Define Standard Process,” describes how to establish ...