Comments on: Effective Opportunity Management for Projects http://pmstudent.com/effective-opportunity-management-for-projects/ Helping new and aspiring project managers reach their career goals! Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:27:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Alex S. Brown, PMP IPMA-C http://pmstudent.com/effective-opportunity-management-for-projects/#comment-4284 Alex S. Brown, PMP IPMA-C Wed, 17 Dec 2008 04:28:40 +0000 http://pmstudent.com/?p=1372#comment-4284 Dr. Hillson has done a great job with this book, his speeches, and his tireless advocacy to open people's eyes to opportunities as well as threats. I also highly recommend this book. I know some people disagree with the idea that the term "risk" should include "opportunities" and "threats". Whether or not you agree with Dr. Hillson on that one issue, I think you will find his thoughts to be very useful. Few people have focused on this issue -- how to manage and capture positive opportunities on projects. Interestingly, senior managers and strategists think incessantly about opportunities. They do scenario planning and think of the positive and the negative possible outcomes. If you want to explore these ideas further, the strategic planners have a much more balanced view of these issues than most project managers. For them uncertainty is a way of life, and it creates competitive advantage sometimes. --Alex http://www.alexsbrown.com Dr. Hillson has done a great job with this book, his speeches, and his tireless advocacy to open people’s eyes to opportunities as well as threats. I also highly recommend this book.

I know some people disagree with the idea that the term “risk” should include “opportunities” and “threats”. Whether or not you agree with Dr. Hillson on that one issue, I think you will find his thoughts to be very useful. Few people have focused on this issue — how to manage and capture positive opportunities on projects.

Interestingly, senior managers and strategists think incessantly about opportunities. They do scenario planning and think of the positive and the negative possible outcomes. If you want to explore these ideas further, the strategic planners have a much more balanced view of these issues than most project managers. For them uncertainty is a way of life, and it creates competitive advantage sometimes.

–Alex
http://www.alexsbrown.com

]]> By: Alex S. Brown, PMP IPMA-C http://pmstudent.com/effective-opportunity-management-for-projects/#comment-24601 Alex S. Brown, PMP IPMA-C Wed, 17 Dec 2008 04:28:00 +0000 http://pmstudent.com/?p=1372#comment-24601 Dr. Hillson has done a great job with this book, his speeches, and his tireless advocacy to open people's eyes to opportunities as well as threats. I also highly recommend this book. I know some people disagree with the idea that the term "risk" should include "opportunities" and "threats". Whether or not you agree with Dr. Hillson on that one issue, I think you will find his thoughts to be very useful. Few people have focused on this issue -- how to manage and capture positive opportunities on projects. Interestingly, senior managers and strategists think incessantly about opportunities. They do scenario planning and think of the positive and the negative possible outcomes. If you want to explore these ideas further, the strategic planners have a much more balanced view of these issues than most project managers. For them uncertainty is a way of life, and it creates competitive advantage sometimes. --Alex http://www.alexsbrown.com Dr. Hillson has done a great job with this book, his speeches, and his tireless advocacy to open people’s eyes to opportunities as well as threats. I also highly recommend this book.

I know some people disagree with the idea that the term “risk” should include “opportunities” and “threats”. Whether or not you agree with Dr. Hillson on that one issue, I think you will find his thoughts to be very useful. Few people have focused on this issue — how to manage and capture positive opportunities on projects.

Interestingly, senior managers and strategists think incessantly about opportunities. They do scenario planning and think of the positive and the negative possible outcomes. If you want to explore these ideas further, the strategic planners have a much more balanced view of these issues than most project managers. For them uncertainty is a way of life, and it creates competitive advantage sometimes.

–Alex
http://www.alexsbrown.com

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