Tag Archive: risk

Jul 30

A list of positive risks

Positive risks are often ignored on projects here’s a short list of a few to get you thinking though… Enabling technologies: The chance that a new technology becomes available or affordable during the lifetime of your project; Learning curve: over a long repetitive project people will naturally become better and quicker at the task at hand – gives …

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Mar 01

The power of lists

As a project manager you will be expected to remember and communicate an awful lot of things! Sometimes it can be hard to keep on top of all the details especially with everything else going round in your head. So today’s tip is not to bother keeping it in your head and write it down on a …

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Jan 26

Risks, positive risks and opportunities

Dice and stocks denoting risk

Definition of risk: “The possibility of suffering harm or loss; danger.” Definition of opportunity: “a situation or condition favourable for attainment of a goal.” Definitions for two phenomenon that regularly occur in project management. However one of these is actively managed in formal project management methodologies (risk) whilst the other is often ignored or taken …

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