Herding Cats

Risk Matrix - Do Not Multiply Occurrence x Impact

The standard risk calculation is: Probability of Occurrence x Impact This is a generally bad idea, for several reasons: Each measure (probability of occurrence and impact) are actually probability distributions. The multiplication operator is not present for probability distributions, which... Read more →

A Personal Insight

I'm the son of a University Librarian. I'm a reader of books, all kinds of books, fiction, non-fiction, technical, science (biology and physics), journals (business, science, technical), and about half the time, books in my field. These include project management,... Read more →

Project Governance and Agile Development

There was a post on Public Sector PM asking what is the role of the Project Manager on Agile Software Development projects. This is a continuing question that has been asked before. And as before usually without a context or... Read more →

Quote of the Day - Leadership

Directing, motivating, and enabling others to accomplish the mission professionally and ethically, while developing or improving capabilities that contribute to mission success. Effective leaders get the job done, look after their people, think and act in terms of the larger... Read more →