We all seem to know that throwing people at a late project may only make the project later. Yet, we all too often still do it for a variety of reasons including as a way to manage risk in a project. Having your best people ready to jump in and solve problems appears to be a smart strategy, but is it really?
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Project risk management is not about not having problems. Risk management is about being able to handle the problems that come up. With good risk management the problems that occur have a very low probability of ultimately impacting the project. Here are two approaches that have worked for us.
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As good project managers we all factor risk into our planning through our project management tools. Wouldn't it be great to have a risk free project? No, I don't think so. This might be worse than a project failure for you and your team.
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Certification and training is a great way to improve your team's knowledge and skills. But as a project management tool for getting your projects to suddenly start to deliver on time, on budget and with good quality ... not so much.
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