Nimble Risk Management reduces business risk through optimized value delivery.

Today all companies are software companies due to the fact that software is used in almost all aspects of running a company, no matter what type of business. Nimble Risk Management (NRM) leverages nimble practices to improve how work gets done which significantly reduces business risk.

  • Nimble Business Planning goes beyond tried and true agile ways of working to leverage the best of modern methods for increase performance while reducing risk.
  • Nimble Governance reduces risk through proactive awareness of governance & compliance efforts for less surprises and disruptions that could impact value delivery performance.
  • Nimble Risk focuses on risk reduction tactics that are required for success with Risk Management. Reach higher levels of risk maturity to demonstrate mastery and proficiency.
  • Nimble Effects are the connective organizational tissue that makes both business success in general and transformational change possible.

Our mission is to empower and enlighten by sharing what we have learned along the way. We invite you to book a free no obligation consultation, follow NRM on LinkedIn, and blog posts, and white papers.

  • Hummingbirds serve as inspiration for Nimble Risk Management because of their nimble superpowers.
  • The NRM Flow Engineering Dojo sessions explained.
  • Purple Hummingbird represents Nimble Business Planning.
  • The NRM Continuous North Star Maturity Model explains levels of maturity to increase focus and alignment for improved value delivery.
  • The Teal Hummingbird represents Nimble Governance
  • Flow Engineering Maturity Model
  • Yellow Hummingbird represents Nimble Risk
  • Risk Maturity Model
  • Business Debt

<- Nimble Effects ->

White Hummingbird representing NRM's Nimble Effects.
White Hummingbird of Nimble Effects

Nimble Effects bring to light the various bits of organizational connective tissue that makes everything that you do as a company possible. Under this umbrella you find the supportive culture, approaches, awareness, tolerances, structures, and more that flow in and around everything that you are trying to accomplish as a business. These effects are needed in order to enable and facilitate the adoption and ultimate success related to your business in general to become or remain competitive in a fast paced and chaotic world. This is especially true when you are looking for transformational change and need to leverage the NRM capabilities described blow. These effects set the stage to enable flexibility, autonomy and empowerment to further optimize how you operate regardless of the business you are in.

Nimble Effects includes the following than can influence business risk as well as performance and tolerance for change:

Communities of PracticeLeadershipOrganizational Learning
CultureOrganizational StructuresBusiness Debt

<- Nimble Business Planning ->

Purple Hummingbird represents Nimble Business Planning.
Purple Hummingbird of Nimble Business Planning

Nimble Business Planning builds on agile and continuous improvement practices to streamline planning and execution of value delivery to customers.

Here gains tend to optimize value delivery, reduce costs, eliminate delays and liberate capacity to innovate and do more.

Nimble Business Planning includes the following elements:

<- Nimble Governance ->

The Teal Hummingbird represents Nimble Governance
Teal Hummingbird of Nimble Governance

Governance is the framework of policies, rules, and processes that guide an organization to achieve its business goals ethically and efficiently. Governance ensures accountability, transparency, and alignment of business activities with strategic objectives. It defines the responsibilities of key stakeholders.

Nimble Governance includes the following elements:

<- Nimble Risk ->

Yellow Hummingbird represents Nimble Risk
Yellow Hummingbird of Nimble Risk

Within the Nimble Risk area we focus on enabling the capabilities listed below. Individually these establish a risk-oriented culture. Combined they represent high degree of risk maturity.

This brings about not only greater risk awareness but formalizes risk related practices enabling you to manage risk more effectively.

Nimble Risk includes the following elements:

Each of the Nimble Risk Management areas and effects listed above has introductory content that is free to all. Each area also has client only sections that serve as supplemental material for our NRM Dojo Jumpstarts which are immersive learning/doing sessions that help you hit the ground running for huge gains.

We run a weekly NRM Virtual Office Hours session every Friday at 1:00PM Pacific whenever you can make it pop in and ask us anything.

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