Projects - especially IT projects - need to release new software into a live environment. So, what is Release Management?

I am proud that the OnlinePMCourses feature article, 'Risk Response Strategies: Full Roundup' has won PM Updates Most Valuable Post (MVP) award in the Risk Management Category.

When you are managing a project, risk is always with you. So, Project Risk Management is a fundamental discipline.



Project Risk Management one of the 10 Knowledge Areas in the PMBOK Guide 6th Edition and one of the 7 themes...

The great British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, said 'To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.'



In this short, bite-size video, I reflect on what that quote means for project manager and the discipline...

VUCA. It's a VUCA world. You've heard it a lot. Have you ever wondered what it means?



If you don't know and have wondered, well now's your chance to find out. I'll answer the...

In this lesson, you will learn how to identify the possible third-party vendors and what factors to consider before weighing the options and the amount of risk control desired.

Let's look at the first step of risk management in cyber security, which includes risk mitigation, the most common risk control method.

After learning to identify risks from the previous video, we will now look at the various possibilities for assessing risk.

This video provides an overview of the crucial role standards play in risk management, distinguishing between regulatory and non-regulatory standards, and introduces the main cybersecurity risk management frameworks from NIST and ISO.

The Black Swan is a book about risk, by polymath, Nassim Nicolas Taleb.



Black Swans risks that meet
3 criteria
1. Outlier - not expected from prev
ious experiencer/>2. Extreme impact
3. E

xplainable...

A project risk is simply ‘uncertainty that can affect outcome’.



And when we classify risks, we focus on the types of impact that they
can have:

- S
chedule

- Budget

- Techn
ology
-...

I want to argue why I believe Benefits Management is a missing knowledge area from so much of Project Management.



There's a whole load of potentially missing Knowledge Areas. Domains of knowledge,...

There are six (arguably seven) strategies for managing risk. But the one that is least understood is the most powerful of all… if you can make it work: removing a risk entirely.



So, let's survey one...

A contingency plan is a valuable part of your risk management. Whilst it won’t stop risks happening, nor even make them less likely, it will give you a clear set of steps to follow if one should manifest....

Some people might expect that agile projects have – or even need – no risk management. That is completely wrong. So, let's look at how to do risk management in agile projects.



We need to adapt our risk...

Do you need to take on an impossible project: something nobody thinks can be done? Or maybe a project no one thinks should be done!



Here are eight principles for how to do
just that.
I explain the
m in the...

Project Control is an important part of our discipline as Project Managers. But it carries within it a paradox...



Anyone who has been to any of my live events will know that I have a few project management...

From time to time, I like to take a quote out of context, and examine what Project Managers can learn from it. 'Chaos is a Ladder' is a great quote to analyze.



You may think this...

Project Failure is one of the favorite topics for project managers. From pub conversations to the outrageously-priced Standish Report, we love to discuss and read about failed projects.



We think that,...

In this video, I answer the questions, what is a Pre-mortem and how do you run one?



A Pre-mortem is a technique devised by Gary Klein, which he documents in his excellent book, TheIntuition