Invitation from Phoenix ASQ Section
Virtual Meeting/Presentation – September 10 , 2026 - from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm PDT
“Risk Analysis and Mitigation”
Presenter: Linda Westfall
Risk analysis and mitigation involve identifying potential risks, evaluating their impact, and implementing strategies to minimize negative outcomes for projects or organizations.
Risk Analysis: During this webinar, attendees will learn several techniques for analyzing software risks to determine their exposure and priority, including:
· Defining the context of the risk
· Determining risk priority and impact
· Calculating the risk's exposure & timeframe to prioritize risks
· Using prioritization graphs and matrices to prioritize risks
· Utilizing Comparison Risk Ranking to prioritize risks
Risk Mitigation: The basics of risk mitigation - how to utilize the 5 risk-handling techniques to explore risk planning alternatives, including:
· Avoiding risks
· Obtaining additional information
· Transferring risks
· Planning containment actions
· Planning contingency actions
About the Presenter: Linda Westfall is the President of The Westfall Team and one of their lead consultants and trainers. Her specialties include Software Quality Engineering, Metrics, Project & Risk Management, Requirements Engineering & Management, Peer Reviews, Testing, and Process Definition & Improvement.
Prior to starting her own business, Linda was the Senior Manager of Quality Metrics and Analysis at DSC Communications. Linda has 45+ years of experience in real time software engineering, quality, project and risk management, agile and metrics. She has worked as a Software Engineer, Systems Analyst, Software Process Engineer and Manager of Production Software.
There is no charge to attend this Zoom meeting, but advance registration is required. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email from Zoom containing the actual meeting link and information about joining the meeting, as well as the option to save the event details to your calendar. Save the confirmation email with the meeting JOIN button.