Risk is the gremlin hiding behind every decision you make. I'd even argue that risk is the reason you make those decisions.
It's time to bring that gremlin out of hiding. It's time to treat risk as a first class component of our software systems and how we build them, whether that risk comes from cybersecurity threats, AI disruption, or open source dependencies. From this unique vantage point, the case for software development being all about risk management has never been stronger.
But we can't really deal with risk until we have a meaningful way of thinking about it. And that's what Rob's book delivers. He analyzes and names the categories of risk, breaks down their components, and suggests mitigation strategies.
What I like, though, is that he also has a way of diagramming risk, making it easier to understand and communicate. Rob identifies specific risk patterns found in software projects and uses the powerful concept of a “risk pattern language” as a unifying structure.
When we start a new project, we all too often start drawing architecture or class diagrams. Perhaps it's time to draw the risks, instead. After all, you can't battle something, gremlin or risk, unless you know it's there.
Highly recommended.
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