Where to Find Risks

“Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.”                                                                                                 – Douglas Adams As I mentioned in my previous post,  Risk Buffers – An Example, this post is dedicated to identifying …

The WBS – Intermediate

Two (or six) months into your project, you and your business owner disagree about whether a particular feature or component is included in the project.  You, of course, consider this controversial item obscure and expensive to include;  the business owner, in contrast, asserts that it is absolutely essential, the whole …

The Activity

In my previous post, The WBS Basics, we developed a simple Work Breakdown Structure (WBS).  In previous posts related to this foundations series, I’ve discussed TheTask and Deliverables.  A WBS is, as previously noted, a hierarchical representation of the complete project scope.  (A list of all tasks without any organization …