February 2002 Cutter IT Journal -- Is Risk Management Going the Way of Disco?

by Cutter Consortium

Risk management is a white-hot topic. It is hard to pick up a magazine or newspaper that doesn't have a story with the word "risk" spread from title to last paragraph. But as risk management becomes more popular, will it go the way of previous good ideas -- from fashion, to fad, and then trash heap? Do the debates over the definition of risk signal risk management's good health or impending demise? Tune in as we debate whether risk management is doomed or here to stay.