#15 – BUILDING A RISK INVENTORY TO MANAGE PROJECT RISKS – HOWARD WIENER

Howard Wiener PixIn the previous post (Managing Project Risk the PMI Way) we looked at some approaches to identifying uncertainties during the Initiation process group.  During Initiation, the project is dealt with more as a whole than at the level of the individual activities required to implement it.  In the Plan process group, which follows Initiation, the project is decomposed into a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)—the individual sets of tasks that will produce components of the product that is the goal of the project.  Continue reading

# 8 – GETTING THE RAISE YOU DESERVE – ELIZABETH LIONS

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My client looked at for me a long time across the table in Starbucks and said, “I can negotiate for others, but not for myself, she said. For whatever reason, talking about money really stresses me out.”

This surprised me a great deal. Competent woman, educated and an admirable career path. Certainly well accomplished and in a sales role to boot! Continue reading

#15 – WHAT IS RISK? – LINDA WESTFALL

Linda Westfall HeadshotIn today’s business arena there are many risks involved in creating high quality products on time and within budget. With ever-increasing product complexity, increasing demands for better products with more functionality and decreasing time to market windows, doing business is risky.  

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#14 – KEY RISK QUESTIONS FOR ALL ISO REGISTERED COMPANIES – ISO 9001 (2015)@ RISK – GREG HUTCHINS

Greg Hutchins pixThis is huge.  More than 1,100,000 companies world wide will be impacted. But, a lot of questions exist.

The working draft of the ISO 9001 (2015) has been circulating.  It is a paradigm shift and will be a challenge for many registered companies.

As result of several CERM Risk Insights articles, we’ve been asked to address the risk challenges and opportunities in the transition with articles and videos (Vlogs) on Youtube.  We’ll be addressing our hard lessons learned as we moved from a 100% quality consultancy to a 100% risk consultancy.

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#15: HOW TO MANAGE SUBCONTRACTOR RISK IN YOUR PROPOSALS – JOHN AYERS

John Ayers pixMany companies outsource (subcontract) a majority of their work to stay competitive in today’s global environment. As a result, a serious risk arises associated with obtaining accurate and audible proposals from subcontractors for inclusion into the proposal to their customer.  Continue reading