It's not always easy for team members to openly discuss risk. The pre-mortem technique can help with that. Basically, it comes down to imagining being in a future where the project has failed miserably and asking team members to look back and identify what has gone wrong.
This framing allows people to speak more freely about their fears.
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It's not always easy for team members to openly discuss risk. The pre-mortem technique can help with that. Basically, it comes down to imagining being in a future where the project has failed miserably and asking team members to look back and identify what has gone wrong.
This framing allows people to speak more freely about their fears.
Great point. I haven't tried that technique, but it sounds like a great way to get people to productively examine their fears.