Risk Based Thinking:

6 Universal Questions to Formulate

Your RBT Model for ISO 9001:2015

PLUS THE RISK BASED THINKER’S TOOLKIT

25 TECHNIQUES AND METHODS

TO IDENTIFY AND ANALYZE THREATS AND
OPPORTUNITIES

BY
MOHAMMAD ELSHAHAT
QUALITY MANAGER, IRCA CERTIFIED LEAD AUDITOR ISO 9001:2015

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If you’re a quality professional and want to make the transition to the
QMS ISO 9001:2015, you’ve got to install and instill the Risk Based
Thinking concept in your organization.

Whether you’re a risk specialist or not, I’m going to show you exactly
how you can easily address both risks and opportunities and get
compliant with ISO 9001:2015. You go check my two articles here:

•3 Things You Have to Know About ISO 9001:2015 Risk’s Definition

Before Moving on

•Risk Based Thinking: 6 Universal Questions to Formulate Your RBT

Model for ISO 9001:2015

Let’s Move on ….

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Blaise Pascal’s
Quote about the
upside risk
(1623-1662)

“The excitement that a

gambler feels when making a
bet is equal to the amount he
might win times the
probability of winning it.”
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Antoine Arnauld’s
Quote about the
downside risk
(1612-1694)

“Fear of harm ought to be

proportional not merely to the
gravity of harm, but also to
the probability of the event.”

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Risk includes both threats and opportunities

The last two quotes from two of the earliest thinkers in

risk management demonstrate that the idea of
treating threats and opportunities as the same is not a
new idea.

If you still have doubts, I have explained this in my last

article. Go and check it.

3 Things You Have Know About ISO 9001:2015 Risk’s Definition

Before Moving On.

Now, Let’s Explore The Six Questions …

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 The Six Questions

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 THE RISK BASED THINKER’S
TOOLKIT

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 8 Risk Identification Techniques

 Brainstorming  Risk assessment

 Questionnaires workshops
 Industry  Incident investigation
benchmarking  Auditing and
 Scenario analysis inspection
 HAZOP (Hazard &
Operability Studies)

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 5 Opportunity Analysis Techniques

 Market survey
 Prospecting
 Test marketing
 Research and Development
 Business impact analysis

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 3 Threat Analysis Techniques

 Threat analysis
 Fault tree analysis
 FMEA (Failure Mode & Effect Analysis)

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 9 Techniques for both Threats and Opportunities

 SWOT analysis (Strengths,  Decision taking under

Weaknesses, Opportunities, conditions of risk and
Threats) uncertainty
 Statistical inference
 Event tree analysis
 Measures of central tendency
 Business continuity
and dispersion
planning
 PESTLE (Political, Economic,
 BPEST (Business, Political, Social, Technical, Legal,
Economic, Social, Environmental)
Technological) analysis
 Real Option Modeling

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If you’re on a transition to the new QMS ISO 9001:2015, I’d like to help you
in your journey.

Now, I want you to do two things:

1- Let me know how did you find the Two Articles and the RBT Toolkit
helpful to you ?

2- What are your biggest struggles in your transition?

You can reach me over:

My Linkedin Account

Or

My Gmail: muhammad.elshahat@gmail.com

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