Advantages of Tool-Supported Risk Management

Manage risk with focus and efficiency

Risk management is often viewed as an annoying necessity, and traditional risk management practices using spreadsheets and email are not helping. However, with the support of modern tools, risk management can become an insightful experience and an efficient, integrated part of any project or management activity.

The training course explains how modern tool support advances risk management, what its specific benefits are, and how to select and implement it. While applicable to any modern tool, it uses for illustration the widely used Atlassian Jira with the app easeRisk from ease solutions.

The training course focuses on project risk management as a prototypical application scenario. The content can easily be transferred to other types of engineering and quality risk management.

Participants will learn:

• What is modern tool support for risk management?
• What are the concrete benefits of tool-supported risk management?
• How can you decide and select a risk management tool platform?
• How can you introduce and establish your tool-supported risk management solution?

Participants shall have a basic understanding of risk management, such as from systems engineering, software engineering, or project management activities. Prior knowledge or experience with risk management tools is not required.

The course is designed as a hands-on, instructor-led live online session with interactive elements. Participants have the option to remain anonymous to other participants. After the course, they can gain access to a discussion forum where they can explore the topic in more depth and interact with other practitioners and experts.

The instructors are subject matter experts with many years of practical experience. They also know how to facilitate highly interactive web-based learning.