#175 – RISK TIP #6 – MANAGING SHARED RISKS – ROD FARRAR

Featured

Rod FarrarI have often been asked to provide insight into the management of shared risks, particularly by those working in Commonwealth Government Departments.

Element 7 of the Commonwealth Risk Management Policy states that: each entity must implement arrangements to understand and contribute to the management of shared risks.  It goes onto to define shared risks as: those risks extending beyond a single entity which require shared oversight and management. Accountability and responsibility for the management of shared risks must include any risks that extend across entities and may involve other sectors, community, industry or other jurisdictions. Continue reading

#74 – LEARN FROM THE MISTAKES OF OTHERS – ROD FARRAR

AfteRod Farrarr an incident occurs in an organisation ask yourself ‘Was this avoidable?’ 9 times out of 10 the answer will be yes.

When an incident occurs in your organisation ask what happened, why did it occur, could you have done anything to prevent it from happening and lastly, is there anything you can do to stop it happening in the future? This is your post event analysis. Continue reading

#72 – BASICS: RISK CULTURE MYTH – ROD FARRAR

Rod FarrarThe notion that by outsourcing or contracting, you have transferred your risk to another party is a myth. If it isn’t core to the achievement of your objectives or if the expertise resides outside of your business then outsourcing is positive.

Senior executives, both in Government and Private Enterprise say “there is no need to worry about that risk – I have transferred that to the Contractor.” Continue reading

#71 – BASICS: PROJECT RISK MANAGEMENT – ROD FARRAR

Rod FarrarThe project management body of knowledge generally focuses on scope management, time management and cost management. Risk management generally comes in at about 8th place out of the ten.

However risk management is potentially the biggest part of the project management planning process. Continue reading