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Concept in risk management
The bus factor is a measurement of the risk resulting from information and capabilities not being shared among team members, derived from the phrase "in case they get hit by a bus". Wikipedia →
🧠Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Bus factorA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Global Burden, Risk Factor Analysis, and Prediction Study of Ischemic Stroke, 1990–2030Influential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Confirmatory Factor Analysis for Applied Research, Second EditionThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010Cited 9,331 times
- Go sideways: Organizational patternsA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Jim CoplienA closely related topic
đź“– Definitions
Noun A measurement of the risk of losing team members, in terms of information and abilities no longer available to the team.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
The Measurement of Engagement and Burnout: A Two Sample Confirmatory Factor Analytic Approach
The robustness of test statistics to nonnormality and specification error in confirmatory factor analysis.
Strategic Factor Markets: Expectations, Luck, and Business Strategy
🆕 Influential since 2022
Global Burden, Risk Factor Analysis, and Prediction Study of Ischemic Stroke, 1990–2030
Color: An Important but Overlooked Factor for Plastic Photoaging and Microplastic Formation
Female Sex Is a Risk Factor Associated with Long-Term Post-COVID Related-Symptoms but Not with COVID-19 Symptoms: The LONG-COVID-EXP-CM Multicenter Study
Electric bus charging scheduling on hybrid wireless charging network: A multi-factor integrated optimization strategy
Multi-factor optimization for electric bus charging stations: Integrating electrical, social, and environmental perspectives
đź“š Books worth reading
Confirmatory Factor Analysis for Applied Research, Second EditionTimothy A. Brown · 2014
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
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