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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
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.”
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