el0hel

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   by el0hel 3y ago

   OP here. I think I did a poor job of communicating this exact point. I agree with you - risk management is a part of good project management. The point I was attempting to convey is when organizations consider projects (or project tasks) as
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   by el0hel 3y ago

   Thanks for the feedback. I agree that risk management is a part of project management. What I, perhaps unclearly, was communicating is that people and organizations can often conflate the two. A project is not managed if all you've foc
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   by el0hel 3y ago

   Hi! OP here. I didn't expect my first _real_ blog post to garner attention, so thank you! There's some great feedback here. I love the discussion around the topic, and I'll be sure to apply some of the community's feedba
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   Risk management is not project management(mattrucker.com)

   142 points by el0hel 3y ago|81 comments
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   by el0hel 4y ago

   Agreed. That was a large source of "loyalty" for older generations. My wife's father will retire soon with a generous pension - one of the last of the factory workers who had a pension. Employees aren't loyal and that is
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   by el0hel 4y ago

   Having entered adulthood in the US during the Great Recession and being laid off the second it benefited the company (despite easily turning a profit), I cannot understand your position. My grandparents had hefty pensions and their careers