Risk Aspects and Context Covered in the Module

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Risk Aspects and Context Covered in the Module

• COMM80 Risk Assessment of Systems Change
• Unit 1

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Objectives of Session Coverage

• To provide a matrix of the coverage intended.
• To outline the manner in which the topics
  of the module are covered.

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Matrix Coverage in the module
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Unit 2
Introduce Systems Change and Its Perspectives.

• Systems Change and its attendant risks can be
  considered from a range of perspectives. Those we
  consider are
• (A) Finance
• (B) Personnel
• (C) Business Fit
• (D) Infrastructure
• (E) Systems Integration
• (F) Systems Development
• Tutorial Group activities focusing on systems
  change.

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Unit 3
Introduction to Risk.

• Risks.
• Definition of risk
• Facets of risk that need to be considered
• Generic Risk Life cycle
• Tutorial student analysis of documented risks.

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Unit 4
Risk identification generic techniques and
perspectives.

• Focus is initially on generic techniques for risk
  identification.
• Then introduce some specific techniques that fit
  well with particular perspectives
• e,g, rich pictures, SEIs TBQ.
• Tutorial student practice on case study

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Unit 5
Risk identification

• Continued focus on specific techniques and
  perspectives.
• (Where do these fit in a method)
• Tutorial student practice on case study.

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Unit 6
Risk assessment generic concept

• Reasons why so important
• Standard techniques e.g. prioritisation,
  ranking.
• Specific techniques e.g. Discount Cash Flow,
  SSMs rich pictures
• Tutorial student presentation of group
  activity for assignment 1.

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Unit 7
Risk assessment Riskit Analysis Graph

• Focus on Riskit Analysis Graph and relevant
  perspectives
• (Where RAG fits in RISKIT)
• Perspective Infrastructure examples.
• Tutorial student practice on case study.

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Unit 8
Risk assessment Discounted Cash Flow

• Financial perspective
• Introduce the idea of comparative analysis
• what-if scenarios of DCF,
• other options such as AHP, Decision trees
  (students to investigate in self study)
• Tutorial student practice on case study.

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Unit 9
Risk Assessment Business Activity Maps

• Focus on RAMESES Business Activity Maps
• Focus on perspective of fit of system to
  business.
• Layers of information,
• current,
• proposed system
• Tutorial consideration of usage.

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Unit 10
Decision points.
Continue or Abandon? how to evaluate the
impact? Pareto Scenarios DCF and financial
justification, RAMESES risk gauges, SERUM
evolutionary development concept.

• Tutorial continue study of case study, group
  sessions to query for further information and
  make valid assumptions for the perspective
  theyre taking.

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Unit 11
Mitigation and Contingency Planning.

• Techniques
• RISKIT taxonomy
• Risk RADAR (documentation)

Tutorial discussion of mitigation strategies and
contingency options for case study organisations
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Unit 12
Mitigation and Contingency Planning.

• Focus on Network and Systems Interaction
• Examples of effective strategies, and failures.
• Tutorial based on network issues.

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Units 13, 14 and 15
Pulling It All Together

• Overview of different methods, chosen from
  (e.g.)
• RISKIT, RAMESES, SERUM, Boehms win-win model.
• Tutorials
• Discussion of potential for application of
  methods in context of systems change (reliant on
  student reading).
• Consultation time for assignment.