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Risk Management for Scalable Systems

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Atchison Academy

Risk Management for Scalable Systems

Lee Atchison

Instructor: Lee Atchison

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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
Advanced level

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1 week to complete
at 10 hours a week
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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
Advanced level

Recommended experience

1 week to complete
at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

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August 2026

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Taught in English

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This course is part of the Architecting Scalable Applications and Systems Specialization
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There are 6 modules in this course

Risk management is a deliberate, priced decision about which failures you are willing to accept. This module establishes why that decision lands on the architect's desk, and separates the two values that make one risk comparable to another.

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2 videos2 readings2 assignments1 discussion prompt

The risk matrix is the spine of this course. This module builds one from scratch: the eight columns that matter, the session that fills it with risks nobody had written down, the scoring that makes it sort, and the boundary that keeps it useful.

What's included

4 videos4 readings2 assignments1 discussion prompt

A matrix that stops being updated becomes a document teams plan around while it quietly describes a system that no longer exists. This module covers the review cadence, the monitoring column, and the game days that test whether your plans hold.

What's included

3 videos3 readings2 assignments1 discussion prompt

Once a matrix sorts, the work becomes deciding what to do about the top of it. This module separates removing a risk from reducing it, designs service failures that stay contained, and writes the plans that run when a risk triggers anyway.

What's included

3 videos3 readings2 assignments1 discussion prompt

A matrix nobody acts on is a meeting. This module connects risk work to the planning cycle that schedules it, puts technical debt on the same two axes as everything else, and carries the top of the list into a room full of executives.

What's included

3 videos3 readings2 assignments1 discussion prompt

AI-enabled components fail in shapes the rest of your system does not produce. This module covers what changes, inventories the risks a single AI feature introduces, and scores them on the same eight columns you have been using all along.

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3 videos3 readings2 assignments1 discussion prompt

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