Risks grow out of project assumptions. Many PMs use assumptions as an, "I told you so" if the project goes south.
Risks need to be actively managed in regular status reporting and assessed as to whether the risk is coming true. See all 100 lessons at 6WordLessons.com.
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Many with ASD are happily married and have found the perfect mate to share their life with. Trevor has the desire to be married someday but is not preoccupied with the notion. He is more focused on working toward a successful career in the film industry.
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Simply identifying that a risk exists is not doing nearly enough to ensure the risk doesn't impact the project.
Good risk mitigation articulates what the mitigation is, who owns doing it, and when the risk is no longer a risk. See all 100 lessons at 6WordLessons.com.
Making friends was certainly one of Trevor's major challenges growing up. Up until he was in ninth grade, he had a few casual friends, but didn't have a strong desire to make or have friends. The older he got, the more he wanted friends, but it was always difficult to form those friendships. He still struggles in this area, but has made great strides at learning skills and making the effort to make and maintain friendships.
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Projects will have many risks; some which can blow it from the water and others that can have little impact.
Articulate and manage the big risks. Don't let the little risks which are unlikely to derail you chew up cycles. See all 100 lessons at 6WordLessons.com.
We signed Trevor up for soccer when he was four. When on the field he would stand there and cry. What we learned was that the randomness of play and the yelling by parents and other kids was too much for him to take. We found more orderly sports like baseball and tennis to be more palatable to him, though he was never really passionate about either playing or watching sports.
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Scope additions without budget or schedule impact mean less contingency or overworked teams.
Know how scope additions will be funded and how they impact project schedule before saying yes. See all 100 lessons at 6WordLessons.com
Give that there is no one clear cause of ASD, it's difficult to say whether or not a parent with ASD will have children with ASD. One of Trevor's teachers in college has Asperger's and has a child with Asperger's and one non-ASD child. The more important question is whether your child wants and is capable of being a parent; not whether your child will have a child with ASD.
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