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Charette’s Risk Maxim #2
Managing risk does not deal with future decisions, but with the future of present decisions
Risk assessment and management is aimed to create a better future. However, that future begins with the decisions that are made today. Is that how your organization approaches the management of risk?
Recent Events
In March 2022, Robert Charette was interviewed by Michael Milutis for the The Great IT Professional Interview Series. You can watch the interview on "Managing IT Risk for Fun and Profit," here.
Robert Charette examined the growth of software in cars in his story, “How Software is Eating the Car” at IEEE Spectrum in June 2021, and followed that with an October 2021 Spectrum article, “As Electric Car Makers Ante Up Billions, Software Is Ace in the Hole,” which described the world’s grandest poker game.
In May 2021, IEEE’s IT Professional published an invited piece by Robert Charette titled, “Demanding Fair and Ethically Aligned IT for the Future,” which examined how, for 75 years, the basic measure of computing success has been focused on improving information technology's technical know-how. Charette argues that the fair and ethical use of IT must now be intimately tied to the concept of IT success.
Robert Charette’s examination of the legacy IT crisis appears in IEEE Spectrum magazine as the September 2020 cover story. The article is titled, “The Hidden World of Legacy IT." For more about legacy IT in government, read Charette’s 2016 IEEE Computer article, “Dragging Government Legacy Systems Out of the Shadows.”
Wondering how to manage risk in today’s uncertain and confusing world? Read Charette’s September 2020 article for Cutter Business Technology Journal titled, “Managing the Risk Ecology: Creating Adaptable, Resilient, and Ethical Organizations.”
In July 2020, IEEE Computer magazine published an article titled, “It's On: COVID-19, Risk Ecology, and Preparedness Tips,” co-authored by Hal Berghel (Professor of Computer Science at the University of Nevada), Robert Charette, Ed Happ (executive fellow at the School of Information at the University of Michigan) and John L. King (W.W. Bishop Professor in the School of Information at the University of Michigan). The paper explores emergency crises, preparedness, risks, surprise, risk fatigue, and provides advice on how to handle them.
IEEE Spectrum published Charette’s article in May 2020 titled, “The Predictable Pandemic: Whose Risk, Whose Responsibility?” that examines the government’s role when disaster strikes.
The long-term costs of IT failure are typically overlooked. Charette discusses this issue in an August 2019 IEEE Spectrum article titled, “Five Enduring Government IT Failures.”
In June 2019, the U.S. Government Accountability Office published a report (GAO-19-514) titled, “Information on Airline IT Outages.” Charette contributed to the information in the report.
Charette wrote an article in the March 2019 issue of IEEE Computer titled, “Evolving from Know-How to Know-What,” that examined whether codes of ethics are effective, and if not, why not?
The idea of winning and losing in IT raises questions about what these terms really mean for the “real world.” In October 2018, Charette and University of Michigan Professor John L. King were co-editors of a special issue of IEEE Computer examining the important topic of “Winning and Losing in IT.”
In July 2020, IEEE Computer magazine published an article titled, “It's On: COVID-19, Risk Ecology, and Preparedness Tips,” co-authored by Hal Berghel (Professor of Computer Science at the University of Nevada), Robert Charette, Ed Happ (executive fellow at the School of Information at the University of Michigan) and John L. King (W.W. Bishop Professor in the School of Information at the University of Michigan). The paper explores emergency crises, preparedness, risks, surprise, risk fatigue, and provides advice on how to handle them.
IEEE Spectrum published Charette’s article in May 2020 titled, “The Predictable Pandemic: Whose Risk, Whose Responsibility?” that examines the government’s role when disaster strikes.
The long-term costs of IT failure are typically overlooked. Charette discusses this issue in an August 2019 IEEE Spectrum article titled, “Five Enduring Government IT Failures.”
In June 2019, the U.S. Government Accountability Office published a report (GAO-19-514) titled, “Information on Airline IT Outages.” Charette contributed to the information in the report.
Charette wrote an article in the March 2019 issue of IEEE Computer titled, “Evolving from Know-How to Know-What,” that examined whether codes of ethics are effective, and if not, why not?
The idea of winning and losing in IT raises questions about what these terms really mean for the “real world.” In October 2018, Charette and University of Michigan Professor John L. King were co-editors of a special issue of IEEE Computer examining the important topic of “Winning and Losing in IT.”
Past Published Articles of Possible Interest:
Why Software Fails?
Lessons from a Decade of IT Failures
Puncturing Pernicious Project Pufferies
IT’s Fatal Amnesia
Low Clearance Ahead: Can Predictable IT Crashes Be Avoided? What’s Wrong with Weapons Acquisition? The Rise of the Robot Warriors
Automated to Death
This Car Runs on Code
Dying for Data
Large-scale Project Management is Risk Management On the Look Out Don't Risk It The Politics of Technology Organizational Hypocrisy How Swine Flu and Other Big-Bet Projects Require Honesty The Most Dangerous Time Is Your BCM Plan Pandemic Ready?
Lessons from a Decade of IT Failures
Puncturing Pernicious Project Pufferies
IT’s Fatal Amnesia
Low Clearance Ahead: Can Predictable IT Crashes Be Avoided? What’s Wrong with Weapons Acquisition? The Rise of the Robot Warriors
Automated to Death
This Car Runs on Code
Dying for Data
Large-scale Project Management is Risk Management On the Look Out Don't Risk It The Politics of Technology Organizational Hypocrisy How Swine Flu and Other Big-Bet Projects Require Honesty The Most Dangerous Time Is Your BCM Plan Pandemic Ready?