Our Focus at the International Workshop (IW2025): 

The Risk Management WG has planned three (3) hybrid open meetings during IW2025. The third meeting was organized in collaboration with the Systems Adaptability WG and the organizing committee of the upcoming 2025 Complex Adaptive Systems (CAS2025) Conference to be held on campus at MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA, March 5-7, 2025. Details (and a Flyer) for these meeting are posted above on this webpage. In recent years, a number of international and industry standards, guidelines, and handbooks that directly and indirectly impact systems engineering have introduced new and revised sets of principles and practices aimed at accomplishing transformational change and improvement through risk (and opportunity) management. These principles and practices include, for example, the design and implementation of management systems and frameworks for creating a culture and organization-wide mindset of "risk-based thinking," as well as structures for "integrating risk and opportunity management with all organizational processes." The INCOSE Risk Management WG participated in both the development of ISO/IEC/IEEE 16085:2021, "Systems and software engineering — Life cycle processes — Risk management," and the corresponding updates to the 5th Edition of the INCOSE Systems Engineering Handbook, which elaborate on the new principles and practices in the context of systems engineering. In the interest of creating awareness and supporting the implementation of these new principles and practices, the Risk Management WG has decided to focus on the following at IW2025:

• Strengthen relationships with WGs interested in establishing a relationship with the Risk Management WG for the purpose of integrating risk (and opportunity) management with the SE process(es) they are associated with.
• Attract additional volunteers to help and better achieve our Mission and Purpose. We are especially in need of additional volunteers from the INCOSE EMEA and Asia-Oceana Sectors.
• MEETINGS AT IW2025 - Our meeting information is posted above near the top of this webpage.

Outcomes at IW2025:

Our summary of outcomes for the Risk Management WG activities at the IW2025 will be posted below as the IW2025 unfolds over the upcoming days, Feb 1-4:

• The three (hybrid) Risk Management WG meetings scheduled during the IW2025 are shown below. Outcomes resulting from these meetings will be added after the meetings are held:
  • Meeting #1: Technical Presentation on "Integrated Risk Management for Systems Engineering" - This meeting went well with 32 attendees in all: Ten (10) in the "in-person" meeting room in Seville, and 22 through Zoom, from remote locations around the world. The presentation informed attendees about recent and new developments in risk management practices, both in general per ISO 31000, and more specifically, as described in the INCOSE SE Handbook, 5th edition, and Clause 7 of ISO/IEC/IEEE 16085:2021. The presentation was followed by Q&A.
  • Meeting #2: Risk Management WG Information & Future Planning Session - This meeting went well with 17 attendees in all: Six (6) in the "in-person" meeting room in Seville, and 11 through Zoom, from remote locations around the world. Participants were informed about past and current activities and work produced of the Risk Management WG, and engaged actively in interactive discussions and poll survey questions answered though an on-line survey app. The results of the survey will be tabulated and summarized over the next week, and made available for viewing on this webpage and use at our next WG members meeting.           
  • Meeting #3: Multi-WG Open Forum on Complex Adaptive Systems (CAS) - This meeting went well with 52 attendees in all: Ten (10) in the "in-person" meeting room in Seville, and 42 through Zoom, from remote locations around the world. The Risk Management WG was one of more than 10 WGs that actively participated in organizing, providing presentations for, conduction the meeting. However, volunteers from the Risk Management WG played a significant role in planning and developing promotional material for the Session, and lead the on-line and "in-person" hosting. A highlight of the meeting was a presentation from the 3 Chairs of the CAS2025 (Complex Adaptive Systems) Conference, Dr. Cihan Dagli (Missouri S&T), Bryan Moser (MIT), and Dr. Haifeng Zhu (Boeing). The CAS2025 Conference will be held on-campus at MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA, March 5-7, 2025. INCOSE WG Leaders and members interesting in participating in organizing, conducting, and/or attending a INCOSE Multi-WG Workshop and Panel at the conference were invited to contact the conference Chairs.