Project Management Screw-Ups
Crush Those Risks and Issues!
Drive Project Success Through Effective Risk and Issue Management
Lonnie Pacelli
Lonnie@leadingonedge.com
Published by Leading on the Edge International at Smashwords.
Copyright 2011 by Lonnie Pacelli
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Caution Issue Ahead!
So your project is humming along and stuff is getting done. Then, out of the blue, a key unanticipated product design issue comes up. As the project manager, you assess the design issue as not having a schedule impact and let the one of the project team members work it out. The design issue doesn’t go away because the project team member thinks that the project manager is driving issue resolution. Before you know it, the project is late because the design issue wasn’t addressed when it should have been.
Project risk and issue management is one of the most lethal but easily overlooked aspects of successful project management. Risks and issues derail your plan and cause you to divert focus away from project activities. But, there’s simply no avoiding them. If you’ve got a project you’re going to have risks and issues.