Myths help us to make sense of the uncertainty that surrounds us. In the world of business and projects, risk management performs the same role. Unfortunately there are also myths about risk management. These are often partly true, but they do not represent reality. Here are the top ten risk myths, and how to counter them.

Project teams are in a constant state of communication via email, videoconferences, telephone calls, texts, face-to-face discussions and even nonverbal interactions. Whatever media they use, project teams will increase their chances of achieving their goals if they develop successful strategies for keeping everyone informed about what’s going on.
Here are some tips for communicating effectively during the course of a project.

Projects don’t go as smoothly as we would like, even if we plan with the best software and do the best job we can. Project leaders need to learn to ride with the waves on a project and to deal with problems as they arise.

However, a better approach is to try to spot trouble on the project before it turns into a major problem. Continually monitoring the status of your project is the best way to do that, but what does it actually mean?

In this article we’ll look at the 5 places you can dig for trouble so you can seek out things that are worrying the team and do something about them while it is still early.