If you reach for the nearest “risk” template, it might cause more problems.

There are two very different jobs we ask risk tools to do. In this episode, we talk about how to pick the one that actually moves your project forward.

• identification tools for unknown unknowns (like FMEA and preliminary hazard analysis) that systematically surface risks to users, systems, and environments
• decision tools for known unknowns that clarify impact, likelihood, and uncertainty so teams can choose a path with confidence. 

Along the way, we call out organizational risks—supplier failure, regulation shifts, competitor timing—that belong in resilience planning, not product FMEAs.

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ABOUT DIANNA
 Dianna Deeney is a product development process strategist with over 25 years of experience in regulated industries. She is president of Deeney Enterprises, LLC, where she helps product development teams make better decisions upstream — before costly design mistakes get built in.