If you work in government contracting and you aren’t talking about risk management in your proposal, you’re missing a critical opportunity to get ahead of your competitors.

Have you seen the videos of jaguars hunting crocodiles? One minute the crocodile is swimming along, minding its own business and the next minute, the jaguar hurtles out of the grass or down from a tree, kills the croc and drags it up a tree to eat it.

The kindergarten bus got me good last month. It hit me and then reversed back over me.

Have you ever seen a project schedule that made you want to say, “I’m throwing the BS flag?” These types of schedules are risky, highly optimistic and lack grounding in reality.

The government accountability office (GAO) defines a concurrency as the overlap between product development, testing, and production. Why is concurrency risky?

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) announced this week that it has moved its Golden Dome industry day to June 11, 2025. While I would love to see sharks with space lasers defending America as much as the next person, it’s not going to happen overnight.

When I talk to DoD contractors about program risk management, I’m sometimes met with confusion. Many people think I am talking about the cybersecurity risk management framework (RMF), supply chain risk management, system safety, or if they are familiar with banking or insurance, financial risk.

How to write a risk, issue and opportunity management plan

I want to be a program risk manager when I grow up, said no child ever. Risk, issue and opportunity (RIO) management isn’t sexy, but its a critical element to success on your programs.

Not all leadership development programs (LDP) are created equal. While many are high quality taught by people with real life experience, others are overly productized, mass marketed and not grounded in reality.