Comments on: Making Theory Usable: A Risk Register for the Rest of Us OR A Few More Reasons for Project Failure http://blog.sealightllc.com/?p=576 Things that get ya into trouble, and ways to get out Tue, 10 Aug 2010 15:44:38 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Michiko Diby http://blog.sealightllc.com/?p=576&cpage=1#comment-1023 Michiko Diby Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:29:18 +0000 http://blog.sealightllc.com/?p=576#comment-1023 John - looks like you may have a new, highly desired, book on your hands. We all want to know the techniques! John – looks like you may have a new, highly desired, book on your hands. We all want to know the techniques!

]]> By: Michiko Diby http://blog.sealightllc.com/?p=576&cpage=1#comment-1022 Michiko Diby Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:26:47 +0000 http://blog.sealightllc.com/?p=576#comment-1022 Thanks Linda! And thanks for your excellent leadership this year. It was a truly memorable experience. Thanks Linda! And thanks for your excellent leadership this year. It was a truly memorable experience.

]]> By: Project Management Software http://blog.sealightllc.com/?p=576&cpage=1#comment-1019 Project Management Software Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:10:00 +0000 http://blog.sealightllc.com/?p=576#comment-1019 Excellent post Michiko. John, can you share some of the techniques you've used? Excellent post Michiko. John, can you share some of the techniques you’ve used?

]]> By: Linda Cantey http://blog.sealightllc.com/?p=576&cpage=1#comment-1018 Linda Cantey Wed, 14 Oct 2009 11:14:27 +0000 http://blog.sealightllc.com/?p=576#comment-1018 Great post, Michiko! Glad you enjoyed the LIM! Great post, Michiko! Glad you enjoyed the LIM!

]]> By: Michiko Diby http://blog.sealightllc.com/?p=576&cpage=1#comment-973 Michiko Diby Sun, 11 Oct 2009 20:38:56 +0000 http://blog.sealightllc.com/?p=576#comment-973 Excellent. The Mitre Risk site is golden. I'm adding to my site. Excellent. The Mitre Risk site is golden. I’m adding to my site.

]]> By: Glen Alleman http://blog.sealightllc.com/?p=576&cpage=1#comment-968 Glen Alleman Sun, 11 Oct 2009 18:42:41 +0000 http://blog.sealightllc.com/?p=576#comment-968 Michiko, Great post. I've linked to a free Risk Register in this post http://herdingcats.typepad.com/my_weblog/2009/10/risk-management-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly.html with the risk register we use for many of our NASA and DoD program. Michiko,

Great post. I’ve linked to a free Risk Register in this post
http://herdingcats.typepad.com/my_weblog/2009/10/risk-management-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly.html
with the risk register we use for many of our NASA and DoD program.

]]> By: Michiko Diby http://blog.sealightllc.com/?p=576&cpage=1#comment-963 Michiko Diby Sun, 11 Oct 2009 15:38:37 +0000 http://blog.sealightllc.com/?p=576#comment-963 John - I really want to know more about those techniques. Have you published them? K am already contacting chapter folks to see if we can bring you to DC Chapter! John – I really want to know more about those techniques. Have you published them? K am already contacting chapter folks to see if we can bring you to DC Chapter!

]]> By: Dr. John A. Estrella, CMC, PMP http://blog.sealightllc.com/?p=576&cpage=1#comment-960 Dr. John A. Estrella, CMC, PMP Sun, 11 Oct 2009 13:39:26 +0000 http://blog.sealightllc.com/?p=576#comment-960 Michiko, this is a very good post. Thank you for making the information useful for all of us. Last month, I delivered a presentation at Siemens to help them address 50% of the project risks. I gave them practical techniques to identify the stakeholders, define the scope and capture the requirements. They asked me to come back in November to address the remaining 50%. For the former, I will be presenting a full-day session at the PMI Mid-MO Chapter on November 19 to give the participants hands-on practice in applying these techniques. As I mentioned to you during our conversation at the PMI LIM in Orlando, these techniques work. In my current project, the quality management team only found six “requirements gaps” but only two of them were valid. We fixed those two requirements gaps prior to the design phase of the project—way earlier than most projects would have found them—usually at the testing phase. For the unlucky projects, they find the requirements gaps after implementation! Michiko, this is a very good post. Thank you for making the information useful for all of us.

Last month, I delivered a presentation at Siemens to help them address 50% of the project risks. I gave them practical techniques to identify the stakeholders, define the scope and capture the requirements. They asked me to come back in November to address the remaining 50%. For the former, I will be presenting a full-day session at the PMI Mid-MO Chapter on November 19 to give the participants hands-on practice in applying these techniques.

As I mentioned to you during our conversation at the PMI LIM in Orlando, these techniques work. In my current project, the quality management team only found six “requirements gaps” but only two of them were valid. We fixed those two requirements gaps prior to the design phase of the project—way earlier than most projects would have found them—usually at the testing phase. For the unlucky projects, they find the requirements gaps after implementation!

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