Comments on: How to be a Project Manager “in-the-know” http://www.pmmajik.com/risk-management/how-to-be-a-project-manager-in-the-know/ the best Project Management articles around Thu, 17 Jun 2010 01:42:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Elizabeth http://www.pmmajik.com/risk-management/how-to-be-a-project-manager-in-the-know/comment-page-1/#comment-127 Elizabeth Thu, 22 Jan 2009 21:44:33 +0000 http://www.pmmajik.com/?p=261#comment-127 Agreed, Pawel. I think one of the main purposes of doing the exercise to think through all the assumptions is to make the "what we don't know we don't know" quadrant as small as possible. Involving other people in the process helps too, as they will often come up with other things that we may have taken for granted and thus made an unconscious assumption. Agreed, Pawel. I think one of the main purposes of doing the exercise to think through all the assumptions is to make the “what we don’t know we don’t know” quadrant as small as possible. Involving other people in the process helps too, as they will often come up with other things that we may have taken for granted and thus made an unconscious assumption.

]]> By: Pawel Brodzinski http://www.pmmajik.com/risk-management/how-to-be-a-project-manager-in-the-know/comment-page-1/#comment-126 Pawel Brodzinski Thu, 22 Jan 2009 12:18:51 +0000 http://www.pmmajik.com/?p=261#comment-126 I'd separate assumptions you're aware of from <a href="http://blog.brodzinski.com/2009/01/avoid-unconscious-assumptions.html" rel="nofollow">those you make uncounsciously</a>. Of course, as far as the assumption is from the former group I agree one should document it or, even better, mitigate it if possible. Quite often our assumptions concerns some details which can be cross-checked with a customer (e.g. some functional details of software). However the thing which is much more painful is not being aware of making assumptions. Then they fall into "we don't know waht we don't know" category even though we should know it. I’d separate assumptions you’re aware of from those you make uncounsciously. Of course, as far as the assumption is from the former group I agree one should document it or, even better, mitigate it if possible. Quite often our assumptions concerns some details which can be cross-checked with a customer (e.g. some functional details of software).

However the thing which is much more painful is not being aware of making assumptions. Then they fall into “we don’t know waht we don’t know” category even though we should know it.

]]> By: Kevin http://www.pmmajik.com/risk-management/how-to-be-a-project-manager-in-the-know/comment-page-1/#comment-125 Kevin Wed, 21 Jan 2009 15:21:28 +0000 http://www.pmmajik.com/?p=261#comment-125 Another great post, thanks Elizabeth! Another great post, thanks Elizabeth!

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