No, ubiquitous RBT isn’t a new rap group. It’s a more of a reality show. While risk permeates every aspect of life, risk-based thinking (RBT) is applied anywhere good sense is needed to deal with risk. Each risk recognized offers an opportunity to apply RBT. Continue reading
SYSTEM DEFINITION
If a management system has been defined in standard-based fashion, according to the clauses of ISO 9001, the system demonstrates a lack of effective application of both RBT and a process approach. Uniformly addressing ISO 9001 requirements does not equate to effectively, systemically addressing those requirements from either a process approach or RBT perspective. Continue reading
NSAI (National Standards Authority of Ireland) hosted a meeting of ISO TC 176 in Galway Ireland on November 19th, 2014 on the rewrite of ISO 9001:2015. NSAI developed a series of videos on ‘What Happens Next?’ Continue reading
The authors of ISO 9001 recognize that dealing with risk is part of management, including quality management. The 2015 standard will require risk-based thinking (RBT) as part of systemic quality management, just as the process approach is part of systemic quality management. Good news: application of RBT, like that of the process approach, comes naturally to successful management personnel. Continue reading
This is my personal opinion based on 11 years in risk management across 4 countries with different legislations, cultures and risk environments, so please be patient and try to make your disagreements less violent Continue reading