Risk management planning

Risk is the trouble maker in a project and can wreak havoc on baselines, deliverables, the team, and pretty much any area of a project if you leave the project susceptible to threats. Typically, when I’m teaching risk management, my classes fall on one side of the extreme or the other. They either comprehensively manage risk with documentation and meetings designed just for risk assessments or they fly by the seat of their pants and put out fires when they happen. A lot of that depends on the industry and the organization. It’s safe to say that in IT you will have a lot of technical risks on the hardware or software side of things. Cyber security is a massive concern these days. Every time I take a cyber security class I’m am freaked out more and more about what is happening in the world of tech. It’s our job to stay on top...