To understand what should be included on the Risk Management Agenda in 2010, it helps to look the challenges that were identified in 2009.

I’ve been rereading late-2009 studies and surveys – and paying closest attention to information/technology issues that crop up in studies conducted by services firms and for process issues that appear in studies conducted by software vendors.

I find that this research-gathering tactic tends to identify the least self-serving conclusions …

Accenture’s 2009 Global Risk Management Study identifies four high-level areas in need of improvement. One of these areas focuses on the breadth and quality of risk information organizations collect: “The quality of the information and the frequency of dissemination of the risk information need improvement,” reports Accenture’s Michael Chagares in this transcript of a podcast on the survey’s findings.

Chagares also notes that the “breadth of the risk information needed to be expanded … all types of risk need to be included in terms of gathering information, disseminating information, aggregating information, and making better decisions” based on this higher-quality, more expansive universe of risk information.

This page links to the study’s summary, key findings, and recommendations. ###