05.5.2 · Skill in Delivery management
Delivery risk
Spotting and reducing what could delay or derail the work.
Delivery risks include unknowns in the code, external dependencies and unclear requirements. Tackling the riskiest part first, for example with a spike, reduces surprises. Raising risks early is a form of reliability.
Resources
1- bookGo deeperRisks and rabbit holes (Shape Up, chapter 5) ↗Ryan Singer (Basecamp) · 14 min
How to find the parts of a project that could blow up its timeline, and cut them before work starts.
Tools
none yetTools for this topic are being researched.