Open Risk Manual:About

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The Motivation

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Risk Management is a vast and ever expanding domain of knowledge. The required skills are applied, occasionally very technical and ever changing. This specialized nature of the knowledge base is not served fully by either the traditional academic literature or classic publications in printed book form.

Wikipedia comes frequently to the rescue of risk managers (and will likely continue to do so!), but there is a clear need for a more specialized, open, and collaborative wiki that focuses on risk management. With this motivation, Open Risk developed and supports the Open Risk Manual, an open and public wiki dedicated to risk management.

The Manual is primarily a technical resource, constructed by and for professional risk managers. Yet the Manual is open to anybody interested in understanding this important knowledge domain. The scope of the knowledge base is not fixed precisely. It spans the range of risk management practice, including financial risk management and more specialized quantitative approaches. You can read more about the types of resources included in the Manual here.

Some key differences with how Wikipedia works

  • The objective and style of the Manual is that of a 'Technical 'Manual, not an Encyclopedia or a Textbook. This choice is reflected in
    • Articles are structured for easy problem solving, not academic learning
    • The focus on tools, not theory
    • There is no particular effort for bibliographic completeness - the Risk Manual is not the place to establish academic precedence!

Is the Risk Manual Free to Use?

The Risk Manual is and will always be free to use. All content of the Open Risk Manual is available under a Creative Commons Attribution - NonCommercial - NoDerivatives 4.0 International Public License.

The Development Plan

The Risk Manual is still in the build-out phase. This means:

  • We at Open Risk have kick-started the development with a set of initial articles and place-holders
  • Users respond with requests and feedback
  • The process is iterated ad-infinitum

How Users can Help

  • Make the most of the Risk Manual!
  • Report any identified issues with the wiki or specific articles (optional)
  • Provide suggestions for further developments

What Kind of Technology Powers the Risk Manual?

The Risk Manual is using Mediawiki, the same technology as Wikipedia. We have also enabled semantic annotations as provided by the Semantic Mediawiki extension

Some important disclaimers:

The Risk Manual comes with hefty disclaimers which you should read carefully if you plan to contribute or use it. Some highlights:

  • Open Risk is not assuring any fitness for purpose of any of the Risk Manual articles
  • All the content in the Risk Manual is released under a Creative Commons License
  • The privacy policy of Open Risk is applicable