The expertise, background, tools and methods needed to successfully implement a risk architecture are different to those required to deploy other financial systems such as accounting packages. This book provides you with both the functional and process background to accomplish this, as well as an experienced practitioner's view on overcoming implementation challenges. The author's extensive contacts with major risk solutions vendors, users, and consultancies are leveraged to present the leading concepts and trends in risk architecture. Finally, the author does not ignore the people side of risk architecture, using his experience with hiring and managing project teams to describe the 'right' type of people needed in the various stages of a risk architecture rollout programme