#15 – CONTEXT MATTERS WHEN DISCUSSING RISK – MARK JONES

Mark Jones pixAs an enthusiast of LinkedIn’s group discussions, I have seen and contributed to a fair number of discussions on risk within project management.

One thing that strikes me is how the understanding of risk differs depending on the context within a project, and how often these differences lead to confusion.  The participants in one particularly lively discussion relentlessly pursued lengthy dialogs stating and restating their positions only because they were actually talking about two different kinds of risk. Continue reading