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A risk register for lazy project teams

James King

I told someone this article was already up on my blog and then realised I never got around to publishing it. Sorry about that.

Successful projects are generally successful because of the way they managed their risks; so I generally try to hire lucky project managers and surround them with a team of people who have (or are due for) some good karma, in order to avoid having bad things happen on the project.

But sometimes that is not enough, so I like to put in place risk registers, risk and innovation meetings and a bunch of other things to make sure I am managing my risks effectively.

But sometimes that is too much overhead for a small team to bear, so what can the team do that is easy, yet still reasonably effective?

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Risk, Techniques1 Comment

Unusual risk analysis techniques

James King

I think risk management is really cool … and certainly more fun than the alternative.

Unfortunately many people find the traditional approaches to analysing risks dry and un-innovative; which is a problem because identification and analysis of risk is actually a creative process.

So here are a couple of “unusual” approaches that might work for your team.  Continue reading “Unusual risk analysis techniques”