Comments for Positive Risk: An Idea Whose Time Should Never Have Come! at http://www.projecttimes.com , comment 1 to 4 out of 4 comments http://www.projecttimes.com Sat, 31 Jul 2010 03:06:47 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.projecttimes.com/claude-emond/positive-risk-an-idea-whose-time-should-never-have-come.html#comment-44 Good argument, Claude. The PMBoK twisted the use of "risk" in a unconstructive,if not destructive, way. This will do no good to our communication with the public. by Xianghui Liu - a guest Fri, 09 Nov 2007 01:48:52 +0100 http://www.projecttimes.com/claude-emond/positive-risk-an-idea-whose-time-should-never-have-come.html#comment-15 (continued) I agree completely with «a guest» that opportunities exist in risky situations (I was not arguing at all against that!!) In fact there is an opportunity raising from all this risky business of «positive risk», an opportunity that we should seize, is to train project managers and their teams to do proper SWOT on their projects. That. I do buy ! :) - claueemond Thu, 16 Aug 2007 18:44:58 +0100 http://www.projecttimes.com/claude-emond/positive-risk-an-idea-whose-time-should-never-have-come.html#comment-14 I just propose here that we include as a PM tool the use of SWOT analysis. The way risks and opportunities are covered in the PMBOK right now, a text copied almost verbatim from an existing textbook, is just as if we were doing just half a SWOT (the O and the T). Why not do it right the first time around, instead of inventing new concepts that add nothing to a technique that is used by boardrooms since 1969. - claueemond Thu, 16 Aug 2007 18:41:34 +0100 http://www.projecttimes.com/claude-emond/positive-risk-an-idea-whose-time-should-never-have-come.html#comment-13 Way too black and white. Don't buy it. Sorry. I don't see why opportunity must be construed as being "contrary to risk". In this context, consider Viagra. It was researched as a treatment for controlling blood pressure. But it was found to have an interesting side effect one that was 'unpleasant' for the original project objectives (which were not met and the original project was a 'failure'), but was certainly an opportunity or favourable set of circumstances for doing something. - a guest Thu, 16 Aug 2007 17:52:50 +0100