books about: failure-proofing

books about: failure-proofing

books:

Failure-proofing

Flood Proofing Performance: Successes & Failures

Diane Pub., 1998

Provides information that describes how flood proofing measures perform when they are actually tested by floodwater. This report contains information acquired by visiting various selected flooded areas across the U.S.; data on 12 floods were collected. Flood proofed structures located within those flooded areas were inspected to determine the ...

Disaster Proofing Information Systems : A Complete Methodology for Eliminating Single Points of Failure
Robert W. Buchanan

McGraw-Hill Professional, 2002

Nobody wants to shell out a lot of money for something they'll use once or, with any luck, never. But that's where most corporations find themselves today. Network managers see disaster recovery as outside their jurisdiction, and therefore as a competitor for system resources. External incentives to deploy disaster recovery from customers and ...

Identifying and Managing Project Risk: Essential Tools for Failure-Proofing Your Project

Tom Kendrick

AMACOM, 2003

Good overview, heavy in IT & scheduling
This risk management book provides a good overview of the risk management process from start to finish, and provides examples from technical projects. The text guides the reader through the three steps of risk identification, assessment, and management, and discusses ...