People say “go with the flow” when things are difficult or there is a crisis looming, but why? Only two things go with the flow, dead fish and sh*t.
If we sail a boat, ford a stream, or fly an aircraft we need to account for a ‘flow’ of water or wind. The shortest distance between two points is then a ‘vector’ as we consider the external forces acting on us. Continue reading
There are many articles about project failure, troubled projects, and project success. There is also a tendency to desire the ‘top five’ or ‘top ten’ reasons why something unexpected happened in our constant search for brevity. Continue reading
Risk Management is a process by which uncertain events (risks) that may affect a project are identified, analysed, planned for, monitored (controlled) and, in the event that they are realised, dealt with.
However despite the conventional wisdom that Risk Management will prevent project failure from a cost, time, quality perspective or whatever other criteria has been established for successful delivery, projects continue to fail.