Here's how you can effectively handle project risks and uncertainties.

This is one of the most important things to do when working on a project or process. I not only asked my team for the risks but I would have them ask their teams as well. The more different groups of people that provide perspective and input the better to ensure you are thinking through all of the potential risks out there. Then you can document the potential risks, evaluate them for high, medium, low impact and then make adjustments as needed.

When assessing risks, you need to bring the right people together to discuss them and the potential impacts. Make sure you have a diverse group evaluating the impact so you don't miss something important. Invite people from different areas of the company that all play a role to ensure you see everything from all angles. Don't forget to ask that team if you are missing anyone that should be included as well.

Once you identify the risks that need mitigated, make sure to bring in the right people that knows that part of the business to help create the action plan to address. The last thing you want to do is put something in place without the right people to ensure what is done is the right solution.

Think about the future not just today. When putting controls in place, it's important to think forward not just how things are right now. If something is a medium risk right now, what is the potential of it being a high risk next year or the year after? If you can answer that question, it will help you put controls in place that work long term.

My favorite thing to do is learn from what went well and what could have been done better. The worst thing you can do is repeat mistakes or not evolve going forward. Always talk to the team and the users after implementation to identify how things went and use that for future projects and remediations. Also, don't forget that learning is not immediate. You should get feedback after implementation, over the first few weeks, and then after many months and things change and show up down the road. This way you are so much better prepared going forward.

Identifiez et évaluez les risques potentiels, puis priorisez-les par impact et probabilité. Développez des plans de mitigation et de contingence. Impliquez votre équipe pour des perspectives diversifiées et assurez une communication constante. Adoptez des méthodes agiles pour rester flexible et surveillez régulièrement les risques pour ajuster vos stratégies.

Identifiez et évaluez les risques potentiels, puis priorisez-les par impact et probabilité. Développez des plans de mitigation et de contingence. Impliquez votre équipe pour des perspectives diversifiées et assurez une communication constante. Adoptez des méthodes agiles pour rester flexible et surveillez régulièrement les risques pour ajuster vos stratégies.