AMERICAN SYSTEMS offers the only ISO 9001:2008 registered risk assessment process in the United States. Through this process, we provide our customers with a proven and repeatable methodology for establishing a winning risk management program. In identifying and developing your risk posture, we consider a number of critical program drivers, including performance requirements, cost and schedule constraints, technology maturity, and resource availability. All risk elements are categorized as cost, schedule, or performance risks, and we set priorities according to probability of occurrence, potential impact, risk exposure, and whether they affect the project critical path. Using our AMERICAN SYSTEMS Risk Radar Enterprise web application, we catalogue, track, and update the individual risk elements and the composite program risk profile.
We have successfully applied our ISO process to conduct risk assessments on more than 300 federal, DoD, state, and commercial programs since 1996. In addition to following the only ISO registered process in the U.S. and applying our unique Risk Radar Enterprise application, our teams bring decades of “in the trenches” risk management, systems acquisition, engineering, and project management experience. These seasoned professionals conduct structured interviews of key project management and engineering personnel working hand in hand with your team to help them quickly identify your most critical internal and external risks. Our approach is non-threatening, unbiased and non–intrusive, facilitating open and honest risk discussion among the participants. The combination of all of these attributes ensures that AMERICAN SYSTEMS will develop a risk management approach that meets your specific needs.
We can apply our ISO 9001:2008 risk assessment process on a case-by-case basis to examine either programs and projects or functional areas. On projects or programs, a point in time assessment provides timely examination of program risks affecting upcoming milestones. On functional area examinations, an assessment gives you insight into your ability to respond to the current marketplace.