Active Agenda is an
open source
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risk management tool.
Active Agenda is designed to support
operational risk management
Operational risk management (ORM) is defined as a continual recurring process that includes risk assessment, risk decision making, and the implementation of risk controls, resulting in the acceptance, mitigation, or avoidance of risk.
ORM is the ...
(ORM) in organizations and is optimized for
high reliability organization
A high reliability organization (HRO) is an organization that has succeeded in avoiding catastrophes in an environment where normal accidents can be expected due to risk factors and complexity.
Important case studies in HRO research include both ...
s. It is a
browser-based
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History
In earlier computing models like client-serve ...
multi-user enabled software. Active Agenda includes approximatel
one hundred modulescovering areas of the operational risk management process.
Active Agenda utilizes a custom code generator called "spec2app". The "spec2app" processor converts specifications written in
XML
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into integrated Active Agenda modules utilizing
PHP
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and
MySQL
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. The code generator enables
rapid development of extensions to the core application and simplifies customization, support, and maintenance.
Release
Active Agenda was released on
SourceForge
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in October 2006. The source code release coincided with
Penton Media
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's publication of the project launch article titled "A Solution (R)evolution." In 2007, Active Agenda was named a "FAST 50" by the readers of
Fast Company
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History
''Fast Company'' was launched in November 1995 by Alan Web ...
magazine.
In 2011, Active Agenda Founder, Dan Zahlis was named a "Risk Innovator" b
RISK & INSURANCE magazine The project received further distinction as a "Responsibility Leader" by
Liberty Mutual
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See also
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High reliability organization
A high reliability organization (HRO) is an organization that has succeeded in avoiding catastrophes in an environment where normal accidents can be expected due to risk factors and complexity.
Important case studies in HRO research include both ...
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Occupational safety and health
Occupational safety and health (OSH), also commonly referred to as occupational health and safety (OHS), occupational health, or occupational safety, is a multidisciplinary field concerned with the safety, health, and welfare of people at wor ...
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Operational risk management
Operational risk management (ORM) is defined as a continual recurring process that includes risk assessment, risk decision making, and the implementation of risk controls, resulting in the acceptance, mitigation, or avoidance of risk.
ORM is the ...
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Rapid application development
Rapid application development (RAD), also called rapid application building (RAB), is both a general term for adaptive software development approaches, and the name for James Martin's method of rapid development. In general, RAD approaches to ...
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Regulatory compliance
In general, compliance means conforming to a rule, such as a specification, policy, standard or law. Compliance has traditionally been explained by reference to the deterrence theory, according to which punishing a behavior will decrease the viol ...
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Risk management
References
External links
Official WebsiteIntegrated Risk ManagementActive Agenda Sourceforge Page
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