One of the jobs of a project manager is to discover the risks of the project. What are some of the risks that we will encounter if we move forward with the project? You will want to keep this question in the forefront of your project team and communicate those risks out as early as possible. Remember the next question though that will come from your leadership. How do we mitigate those risks. How do we ensure that those risks don't become issues in our project? That's an excellent question. As the PM, you need to ensure that everyone, especially the project sponsor understands all risks identified. Keep a risk log and communicate out that risk log. If you have a PPM tool, log that risk. Log the mitigation plan.
When I was a system administrator, we always had to open a CR or change request before making changes on any system. Along with that CR, we had to have a backout plan. This is crucial for your project. What is the backout plan? Do the stakeholders understand the backout plan?
TIP FOR THE DAY: Do you understand the difference between a risk and an issue? A risk might happen and an issue has already happened. Learn that answer because you are asked that in most interviews. Welcome to Project Management.
No comments:
Post a Comment