IEEE Introduction

This introduction is not part of ISO/IEC/IEEE 16085:2006, Systems and software engineering — Life cycle processes — Risk management.

Risk management is a key discipline for making effective decisions and communicating the results within organizations. The purpose of risk management is to identify potential managerial and technical problems before they occur so that actions can be taken that reduce or eliminate the probability and/or impact of these problems should they occur. It is a critical tool for continuously determining the feasibility of project plans, for improving the search for and identification of potential problems that can affect life cycle activities and the quality and performance of products, and for improving the active management of projects.

This standard can be applied equally to systems and software. Annex D is specific to software and the ISO/IEC 12207 series of life cycle standards, in order to summarize where risk management is mentioned, in lieu of a specific risk management process.

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Participants

The following individuals participated in the development of this standard.

Robert N. Charette, Chair

Paul R. Croll

Cheryl Jones

Garry J. Roedler

James W. Moore

When the IEEE-SA Standards Board approved this standard, it had the following membership:

Steve M. Mills, Chair

Richard H. Hulett, Vice Chair

Don Wright, Past Chair

Judith Gorman, Secretary

Mark D. Bowman
Dennis B. Brophy
Joseph Bruder
Richard Cox
Bob Davis
Julian Forster*
Joanna N. Guenin
Mark S. Halpin
Raymond Hapeman
*Member Emeritus

William B. Hopf
Lowell G. Johnson
Herman Koch
Joseph L. Koepfinger*
David J. Law
Daleep C. Mohla
Paul Nikolich

T. W. Olsen
Glenn Parsons
Ronald C. Petersen
Gary S. Robinson
Frank Stone
Malcolm V. Thaden
Richard L. Townsend
Joe D. Watson
Howard L. Wolfman

Also included are the following nonvoting IEEE-SA Standards Board liaisons:

Satish K. Aggarwal, NRC Representative

Richard DeBlasio, DOE Representative

Alan H. Cookson, NIST Representative

Michael D. Fisher

IEEE Standards Project Editor

BS ISO/IEC 16085:2006

Systems and software engineering. Life cycle processes. Risk management

Published:

31 Jan 2007

Withdrawn:

18 Jan 2021