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Farewell testingreflections!
Submitted by Ainars Galvans on Thu, 18/06/2009 - 07:48.There are different reasons for the decision. One of the reasons is that I feel I don’t belong here, not any more or perhaps never had. I feel like testingreflections lives primary under the agile banner. I’ve been inspired a lot by agile ideas, but I never adopted them. I reclaim my personal method .
Risk Management Strategies... and the misuse of "mitigate"
Submitted by Antony Marcano on Thu, 18/06/2009 - 09:28.I frequently encounter people who tell me of risk management courses that they've been on and tell me of four (straight from Wikipedia) strategies for addressing a risk::
- Avoidance (eliminate)
- Reduction (mitigate)
- Transfer (outsource or insure)
- Retention (accept and budget)
I'm no risk management expert, but I've certainly got plenty of experience in it. I am a lover of language and words and immediately notice one small problem with this model - the use of the word "Mitigate".
"Mitigate" is a commonly misunderstood word. Many use it as a synonym for "reduce" but it actually has a special meaning:
to make something less harmful, unpleasant or bad -Cambridge Dictionary
