Risk-Oriented Design Approach

• Authored by:  Jeffrey Shaw
• Event:  2010 National Conference on Access Management

Common Reasons to Consider Exceptions

• Impacts to the natural environment
• Social or right-of-way impacts
• Preservation of historic or cultural resources
• Sensitivity to context or accommodating community values
• Construction or right-of-way costs

Risk Management Characteristics

• Explicitly addresses uncertainty
• Based on the best available information
• Part of the decision-making process
• Systematic, structured, and an integral part of organizational processes
• Dynamic, iterative, responsive to change, and capable of continual improvement and enhancement
• Accounts for human factors
• Transparent and inclusive