Among the classic tools for business and situation analysis, the SWOT work up is always a favorite. But have we ever considered leveraging the analysis process and outcome to beef up our risk analysis and help us identify more project or operational risks (and their counterweight – opportunities)? With some simple, practical applications, I believe we can do just that and bring additional value to our work. Continue reading
Risk management is an ongoing process that should be implemented as part of the initial planning activities for our projects, product, and processes. Risk management must also be an ongoing part of managing those projects, product, and processes. The purpose of risk management is to identify and analyze potential problems (risks) before they turn into actual problems so that we can: Continue reading
If you’ve read any of my other pieces, you know I’m an advocate for defining and managing risk (and opportunity) on projects and in organizations. And you know by “managing” I mean the active, vigilant monitoring of what is going on vs. what you may have anticipated. It makes sound business sense and it ends up saving you, your teams, and your management a whole lot of headaches later. Continue reading
In June, you saw Context Matters When Discussing Risks in which I outlined four risk category descriptions to use with your stakeholders and teams. Here we will drill down a bit on the first category, Decision Risk. Continue reading
In the previous post, I discussed how employing accelerated delivery strategies, specifically generative software engineering, can reduce overall project risks. This post recounts the history of a project in which generative methods were employed to great benefit. Continue reading