Let's think about success

I am looking greatly forward to the session by Clive Billenness, Programme Manager, Corporate Programme Office, The British Library on the first day of the conference. Clive’s presentation is entitled ‘The upside of risk: Even success is a risk.'

He will advise us that after people have been through a risk planning exercise, they can become worried about the outcome of the project they’re working on. The whole process can create an expectation of failure.

If the project then goes on to achieve a successful outcome, this can be a real shock to the Project Team and the stakeholders. They can find this outcome more difficult to cope with than if the project had been delayed or over budget because it wasn’t planned for.

This session will show us how to cope with successful outcomes, and to manage those just as effectively as negative outcomes.

I like the idea of this session because at the moment we’re all looking forward and anticipating what the next year will bring us.

It’s a great start to think about what we will do when our programmes and projects succeed.

I wish you a very enjoyable break and will be blogging again in the New Year.

Happy Christmas!