British Standards Institution (BSI) continues to issue Enterprise Risk Management Certificates (ISO 31000) according to the Bahrain News Agency. BSI issued a certificate to Gulf Petrochemical Industries Company (GPIC).
What’s interesting is that IS 31000 is for implementing a risk management framework NOT for certification. But, the marketplace is saying something else: there is demand for ISO risk certificates and certification. Continue reading
As a client have you chosen to manage the project yourself or leave it to your Contractor or have you decided to utilise a consultant? If it’s too much to do it by yourself and Contractors are, well they’re contractors aren’t they… you have little choice but to engage a Consultant. Continue reading
This is a continuation from Part 1: ISO 9001:2015 – IMPLEMENTING RISK BASED THINKING
In many cases, the risk assessment team may choose not to list risks on the flowchart itself, but brainstorm a list of process risks instead. In order to do that, a simple table can be used to guide the thought process. The sheet could look like the example in Figure 2 below. Enter the name of the process, the internal and external customers for the process, the stakeholders or “interested parties” in the header.
Process metabolism is a concocted term to describe and hopefully understand how our processes work in their environment. It’s a concept that we need to begin to embrace if we want to improve our patient safety. Embracing and understanding process metabolism in our high-risk processes will allow for better process design and therefore yield more reliable results. Continue reading
Introduction
This article discusses my impressions of the CERM Boot Camp I attended from February 29 to March 4, 2016. The presenters were Greg Hutchins and Ed Perkins. At the outset I need to note that I have known Greg for more than 30 years. We also bid on a couple of jobs together. I met Ed a couple of times prior to the Boot Camp. Continue reading