Sam's journey · Winning the work (tender) · Story 7

What could go wrong?

The risk register has one information risk on it. It says "IT failure".

The wrong way

Tender · risk workshop

Priya runs the bid risk workshop. Fifty risks.

Tender

Information gets one line.

Tender

Sam isn't there. Nobody invited the information manager to talk about information risks.

Get readyGet ready: The first three months…
On the job

All three happen.

DesignDesign: Month three…
On the job

None of them was on the register, so none had an owner or a plan.

DesignDesign: Month four…
The lessons-learned meeting

Sam: I could have told you all three, before we bid.

Priya: "Why weren't you at the workshop?" Sam: "Check the invite list."

A striped band means the story jumps ahead. Its colour, and the word on the card, say which stage of the job it lands in.

Every information risk came true. None of them was on the register.

Find out what Sam should have done

Sam's Lesson 7 · What could go wrong?, then the same story done the right way.