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  • Intelligent Design for Intelligent Systems: Restoring Engineering Discipline in AI Development

    The principle of defence in depth ensures that no single failure leads to catastrophic outcomes. They've learned through experience that shortcuts in design often lead to much higher costs later. How do they validate performance when the system itself is learning and adapting? It means documentation that evolves with systems rather than becoming obsolete artifacts. About the author: Raimund Laqua is a Professional Engineer, founder of Lean Compliance, co-founder of

  • Where to Start Being Proactive

    reactive and proactive occurs most often at the director level of the organization; those that direct or lead Lean Compliance has a program to help directors become more proactive with their compliance.

  • The Security System Cybersecurity Never Built

    Their audit reports come back clean. Performance-based regulation specifies what outcome to achieve and leaves the means to the regulated Raimund (Ray) Laqua, P.Eng., PMP is the founder of Lean Compliance Consulting, Inc.

  • Lord of the Risks – The Two Towers: Productivity and Compliance

    Their mission will require that they leave the world of the Shire, a place where they know everyone, Keep both in your gaze at all times and don't by any means look at only one and avoid the other." The strategy most often used by the Tower of Productivity is something that is known as LEAN. planning their next part of their journey keeping in mind what the Wizard had just told them about LEAN #managedsafety #riskmanagement #leanmanagement

  • Digital Threads: The Future of Compliance

    Single source of truth: the golden thread will bring all information together in a single place meaning This means that the information needs to be stored in a structured way (like a library) so people can In practical terms, this is likely to mean that it needs to align with the rules around open data and What Digital Threads Mean For Compliance Evidence of compliance has always been needed and this means how Lean Compliance can help.

  • The Great Software Reset

    The incentive structure of platform capitalism leads here inevitably. Think about what that means for the platform model. Because a reset doesn’t mean things get better automatically. It means the rules are being rewritten. About the Author Raimund (Ray) Laqua, P.Eng., PMP, is a computer engineer and the founder of Lean Compliance

  • Developing an Environmental Golden Thread - Part 1 (Using a DSM)

    In this blog post we walk through the approach developed by Marissa Kephart in collaboration with Lean

  • Doing less maybe simpler, but rarely is it effective

    So the idea of replacing what they currently do with "simpler" processes particularly when it means doing Companies may also adopt LEAN behaviors and practices to simplify their processes by identifying and LEAN considers compliance as necessary but fundamentally as a waste and something to reduce or eliminate As a result, inexperienced LEAN practitioners can end up removing compliance activities often without Keeping it simple does not need to mean the elimination of these capabilities.

  • Problems Are Our Friends

    This is what LEAN has helped us best to understand. LEAN teaches that if we cannot visualize problems we cannot see our way to improvement.

  • A Systems Roadmap for API RP 1173

    To stay on course it is essential to have a compass and this is what the Hoshin Kanri LEAN X-Matrix Compass Many companies that adopt LEAN practices have benefited from this approach which can also be used for As means of an example, the following describes how this might look like for those adopting API RP 1173 thoroughly, fostering non-punitive reporting systems, and communicating lessons learned. As we understand from LEAN, if you can't see it you can't improve it.

  • Problem with Risk Scores

    Choosing a set of options using single-variable ranking (ex. a resultant score between 0 and 10) can often lead (1) decision makers abdicating their responsibility for the decision to a computer system, and (2) leaning

  • Compliance Helps Companies Stay Within The Lines

    Several strategies have been used including Agile and LEAN techniques and methods. When I first learned to drive we were taught what is still called, "defensive driving skills." This is what it means to be a good driver. Similar strategies as "defensive driving" can be learned and applied to meeting and maintaining compliance This training tends to be technical in nature similar to learning how to drive a car and rarely includes

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