Guiding Supply Chain Security in Aeronautic Development
Figure 7-1 : Examples of System of Trust content in tabular text and spreadsheet forms .
For sharing and discussing the risks to select profiles , we have found a tabular text version ( using Word ) most useful as a read-ahead and leave-behind . This approach has the full detail of the content , a built-in capability to invoke track changes , and allows the people to take things out of scope as well as make comments about them .
While useful for in-depth review of profile selection choices , this approach is not recommended for collaborative discussions or quick review meetings given the extensive detail . For getting a quick overview of risk factors and their component risk measures we have found a focused spreadsheet version of the materials to be very effective and a good way of supporting a collaborative meeting where the items could be discussed .
Once a team has culled through the overall System of Trust Body of Knowledge and created their profile or profiles of interest that reflect their effort ’ s needs , interests , risk appetite , and available resources , they will need to be able to convey the profile ( s ) to others in presentations , reports , and discussions .
We found that , for profiles with more than a dozen risk factors this can be a difficult task with any of the above mechanisms ( tabular text , spreadsheet , or table ) and have developed a hierarchical heatmap illustration approach , shown in Figure 7-2 , that can handle up to 70-80 risk factors . The heatmap can be read left-to-right with the highest level of abstraction / categorization on the left and increasing levels of deeper abstraction / categorization as you move to the right .
14 August 2024