Elephants in the Room: 7 Reasons why Project Risks are Ignored
Using the metaphor of the elephant, Kailash Awati explains the reasons why project managers don’t want to recognize known risks.
January 31, 2011
risk management
2010
Managing Risk on Agile Projects with the Risk Burndown Chart
Risk management is a central part of traditional project management and is included as one of the knowledge areas in the Project Management Institute’s (PMI) body of knowledge. In many of my classes, participants ask...
April 8, 2010
Cox’s risk matrix theorem and its implications for project risk management
One of the standard ways of characterizing risk on projects is to use matrices which categorize risks by impact and probability of occurrence. These matrices provide a qualitative risk ranking in categories such as high,...
January 5, 2010
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