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Recommended book: Risk Management Simplified

“Risk Management Simplified” by Andy Osborne. Published in 2010 by HotHive Books. ISBN 978-1-906316-48-8 This is an excellent book. Written in a down-to-earth style, the book provides practical guidance on risk management, with many useful examples along the way. Official website: http://www.riskmanagementsimplified.co.uk/ The book is usually available at a slightly cheaper price via Amazon. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Risk-Management-Simplified-Andy-Osborne/dp/1906316481/ [...]

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The principles of risk management become a new international standard

ISO 31000 became an international standard on 14th November 2009. Its title is “Risk management – Principles and guidelines”. It is a fairly concise document, the main content is just 24 pages. http://www.iso.org/iso/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=43170

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Lights, Camera, Action!

That’s right; we have brushed the dust off of the old webcam and microphone to make a short Youtube video about Risk Management. Exciting times, I know. Now don’t get me wrong, we are not expecting an Oscar anytime soon, but hopefully the “Short Guide to Risk Management” will help you understand just a few [...]

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What’s our motivation for this?

Springwater Software has started to develop a new software tool for Risk Management. There are many “Enterprise Risk Management” software packages available, but our product is going to be slightly different. We are aiming our software at smaller organisations and people whose involvement in risk management is a small part of their busy worklife, not their [...]

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A friendly guide…

Welcome to our brand new Risk Management website developed by Springwater Software. So what is this ‘Risk Management’ that we hear of? How will it benefit my organisation? These are just a few of the topics covered in our Introduction providing you with an overview of the subject. This website gives free and friendly advice [...]

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