Okay, so today I tried to figure out what this “Woods and Poole” thing was all about. I’d heard the name tossed around, and it sounded kinda important, so I figured I’d give it a shot.
First, I opened my browser. Gotta start somewhere, right? Then I typed “Woods and Poole” into the search bar and hit enter. I scrolled through a bunch of results, most of which seemed pretty academic and, well, boring. Lots of papers and stuff.
I clicked on a few, but honestly, it was all Greek to me. So, I backed out of those.
Then, I decided to try a different approach. Instead of just searching the name, I added “tutorial” to the search. Maybe that would give me something more…user-friendly. Still not a lot that I could sink my teeth into.
So, I changed “tutorial” to “for beginners”. It helped a bit!
I found some articles about risk assessment in general, and I guess Woods and Poole is some kind of method for doing that. It seems like it’s used in big projects, maybe construction or something? I read through a couple of summaries, trying to get the gist of it.
From what I understood(and I could be totally wrong here), it’s about listing out all the bad things that could happen, figuring out how likely they are, and then deciding what to do about them.
My Attempted Breakdown
- Identify risks: Basically, brainstorm everything that could go wrong.
- Analyze: Figure out the probability of each risk, and how bad it would be if it happened.
- Evaluate : Decide which risk we have to deal with.
- Treatment: Make plan and take actions.
I spent a good hour or two on this, going down different rabbit holes and trying to piece it all together. I even watched a couple of videos, but they were mostly talking about Woods and Poole, not actually showing how to use it.
Honestly, I still feel pretty confused. I got the basic idea, I think, but I definitely couldn’t use it myself. I’d need to find a real-world example or a step-by-step guide to actually make sense of it. Maybe that’s for another day. I closed my browser and decided to call it quits for now. My brain was pretty much fried at that point.
