http://danube.com/blog/michaeljames/scrum_and_risk_management Comments for "Scrum and Risk Management" en http://danube.com/blog/michaeljames/scrum_and_risk_management <p>People accustomed to traditional project management often want to know how Scrum deals with "risk management." An example of how many project managers think about risk management is on <a href="http://www.netcomuk.co.uk/~rtusler/project/riskwhen.html">this page</a> (highlighted in red even):</p> <p><em>It is much better to reduce the risks at the start up phase of the project than to allow a contingency on a basis that things are bound to go wrong, but we don't know what!</em></p> <p>That thinking is probably useful for traditional projects with known requirements and established technologies. Here's the bad news: When we're doing <em>new product development</em> (somewhat unknown requirements, somewhat unknown technologies), things <em>are</em> bound to go wrong, <em>and</em> we don't know what! </p> <p>Depending what your risks are, doing Scrum well may help. Let's enumerate some typical risks:</p> <p><a href="http://danube.com/blog/michaeljames/scrum_and_risk_management">read more</a></p> http://danube.com/blog/michaeljames/scrum_and_risk_management#comment Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:01:51 -0500 MichaelJames 1054 at http://danube.com