Remember that you are not there to make decisions, you are there to help qualified people make decisions in good time by presenting them with the information th

Remember that you are not there to make decisions, you are there to help qualified people make decisions in good time by presenting them with the information they need, when they need it. Don't overload them with data irrelevant to the immediate task. Risk management should also be a major focus. Always ask what could go wrong. I recently read an interesting proposition - in the project initiation stage outline the goal and state that the project has failed. Then ask for reasons why this could have happened. This will help the team identify assumptions, constraints and risks to be avoided or mitigated. It also focuses the team on risk management from the very start. Herding Cats has put together a good outline of the subject: http://herdingcats.typepad.com/my_weblog/2017/08/risk-management-in-five-easy-pieces-with-apologies-to-jack.html http://herdingcats.typepad.com/my_weblog/2017/08/risk-manage...