11IMPLEMENTING A PROJECT RISK MANAGEMENT PROGRAM SUCCESSFULLY
Until now, we have concentrated on applying project risk management to a single project. The presumption with most such techniques seems to be that if you apply them to one project, they will spread naturally to others. This presumption leads to the phenomenon known as “management fad of the month”: introducing a new improvement program regularly and expecting that it will instantaneously become established.
This does not happen, and presuming otherwise simply frustrates management and leads to cynicism among workers. We suggest that unless you intend to make project risk management a way of life in your organization, then you are wasting your time by even starting down this path—and ...
