As a software developer, IT engineer or project manager, you are probably more than aware of the problems that plague your organization. The problem list typically starts with overwhelming commitments and deadlines. The marketing department has been promised the first shipment by December. The customers have been told that everything will be delivered on time. The managers have established year-end bonuses based upon the shipment. The engineers are working longer and longer hours and the system test group is waiting anxiously for a copy of the software to test during its allotted five-day "make it work" period. The technical writers are lost in 300 pull-down menus and cannot get feedback on their documents from the engineers. The support engineers are still fixing the bugs from the previous release and doubt that their lives will improve after the new release.

You might think that this is normal for a busy, successful software organization trying to meet its customers' needs. However, many of these problems can be avoided. You can anticipate and prevent project problems by using simple risk management techniques.

Risk management is comparable to performing preventive health care and buying insurance for your project. It involves identifying potential problems (risks), analyzing those risks, planning to manage them, and reviewing them.

This webinar with Neil Potter and Mary Sakry will step you through a straightforward risk process that you can perform immediately with your team to assess and manage risks.

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