Category: Risk management

The Sessions paper — an analytical critique »

By bfwebster on Dec 28, 2009 in IT Project Management, IT project disputes, Main, Management, Pitfalls, Risk management, Surviving Complexity | 1 Comment

[cross-posted from brucefwebster.com]
Roger Sessions has published a white paper, “The IT Complexity Crisis: Danger and Opportunity” (PDF). It’s created a bit of a stir in tech circles, largely because Sessions estimates that “worldwide, we are already losing over USD 500 billion per month on IT failure, and the problem is getting worse” (page 1; emphasis [...]

Active risk management in IT projects »

By bfwebster on Oct 18, 2008 in Articles, Baseline, IT Project Management, Main, Risk management | 0 Comments

First, my apologies for the slow posting here and at brucefwebster.com over the past few months. It’s pretty bad when my last two posts have each covered my last two Baseline columns. But I’ve got some new material to start posting here as well, and will do so.
In the meantime, I have two new Baseline [...]