Brad Malone

This discussion will focus on the importance of distinguishing assumptions, constraints, risks and issues and provide the stakeholder management strategies associated with each condition. Many organizations collapse or confuse the four terms, and thus have a difficult time effectively managing their project - causing preventable schedule and cost overruns.

Many organizations see the value of effectively managing project risks across similar projects, and invest the personnel, time and resources to identify and respond to those risks critical to the success of the organization’s projects. Others continue to expend little effort in identifying and responding to risks, leaving their teams in a reactive, fire-fighting mode of managing projects.

Resource estimation in a multiple-project, shared-resource matrix environment must be a collaborative effort between Resource Managers, Project Managers, and Portfolio Managers. This engaging workshop will discuss the knowledge which can and must be shared in order for estimation to become more accurate and for critical resources to be used more effectively.