LTR 147: Richard Matt on Bringing Benefit–Risk Upstream in Design and Development
Let's Talk Risk! Podcast
- Published
- March 13, 2026
- Duration
- 26:56
- Summary source
- description
- Last updated
- Apr 29, 2026
Discusses Summary“Look at how benefits and risks are allocated among different design options and pick a produ…
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Summary“Look at how benefits and risks are allocated among different design options and pick a product architecture that minimizes risks and maximizes benefits.”In this Let’s Talk Risk! conversation, Richard Matt shares a simple but uncomfortable observation: most organizations do risk “correctly” on paper, but too late to matter. By the time the DFMEA/PF…
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Summary“Look at how benefits and risks are allocated among different design options and pick a product architecture that minimizes risks and maximizes benefits.”In this Let’s Talk Risk! conversation, Richard Matt shares a simple but uncomfortable observation: most organizations do risk “correctly” on paper, but too late to matter. By the time the DFMEA/PFMEA is polished, key architecture decisions are already locked, so risk management becomes cleanup, not guidance.His most valuable takeaway is