ISO/TC 176 developed a slide deck called ‘ISO 9001: 2015 Risk Based Thinking’ in December 2013.  It points to the future of ISO 9001: 2015 and to quality in general.

RISK TO DO’S FROM ISO
According to the deck, an organization should adopt a risk driven approach to:

• Identify risk and opportunities in your organization.
• Analyze the prioritize risks and opportunities in your organization.
• Plan actions to address the risks.
• Implement the plan to mitigate the risks.
• Check effectiveness of the actions.
• Learn from the experience through continual improvement.

TAKEAWAYS FROM THE DECK
So, a few early takeaways from the deck include:

• ISO TC 176 is very serious about risk.
• Risk is criterial to ISO 9001 (2015) CD but may not be modified in further iterations, such as DIS or FDIS
• ISO 31000 is the preferred guidance document for ISO 9001 (2015).
• Formal risk management is not required but inferred in ISO 9001 (2015).
• ISO guidance is confusing in terms of what is in scope and not in scope for risk.

YOUR NEXT STEPS
A little background may help.  We wrote 4 best selling ISO 9000 books in the mid 1990’s. But, we moved to risk management in 2001.  Why?  ISO consulting margins disappeared.  We saw the risk hand writing on the wall.

ISO 9001:2015 is adopting risk.  Risk Thinking as defined in the ISO vision is different that quality thinking.  So, get ready and be prepared for adopting risk management systems.

Why do we mention this?  We wrote the first risk and process auditing book: Value Added Auditing.  This is now available through ASQ.

We are also writing ISO 9001:2015 Risk FAQ Book.  Three hundred answers to your most pressing ISO 9001 questions.  You’ll be able to order the book through our company.

So, stay turned.  it’s going to be a fun ride for our profession.

Bio:

Greg Hutchins PE and CERM (503.233.101 & GregH@QualityPlusEngineering.com)  is the founder of:

CERMAcademy.com
800Compete.com
QualityPlusEngineering.com
WorkingIt.com

He is the evangelist behind Future of Quality: Risk®.  He is currently working on the Future of Work and machine learning projects.

He is a frequent speaker and expert on Supply Chain Risk Management and cyber security.  His current books available on all platform are shown below: