Given it was a luncheon seminar I did not want to burden the audience with heavy stuff so I focused more on the lighter side of risk management. One analogy that came out of the seminar is definitely similarities between managing risks in road traffic and projects. Both rely on a methodology – in the case of road traffic it is a set of stringent rules and regulations, as well as skills of individuals – drivers or project managers.
The funniest discussion probably is some drivers pretend to follow an important procedure when changing lane, namely check the blind spot, but do not really check. They merely turn their heads because their driving teachers trained them to just simulate this action to get past the exam. This is similar to some project managers in the real world pretend to follow an important risk process such as updating a risk log, but not really evaluating risks at hand. They do it for the sake of satisfying requests from senior management.
I look forward to another luncheon seminar at HA this month. This time the same topic will be delivered to a group of medical doctors, physicians and clinical staff.
WOW - Worst of the Worst Scenario analysis is an important concept in risk management.
Dr. Wing Nam Wong is a key driver of the HA IT PMO.
Although it was a luncheon seminar, projector and powerpoint slides were still essential.
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