It usually starts unspectacularly: a delayed input, an unclarified scope point, a “short” change. Then things get hectic: more regular meetings, more status rounds, more Excel versions. And at some point, someone stands up in the steering committee and says: “This has developed so quickly.” The uncomfortable truth: it rarely develops quickly. It develops invisibly.…
The key question Is the path from “what if” to “what is” in project management the right one? Yes – if it means that risks are operationalized: observable, decidable, learnable. No – if it means that you only produce “more status.” The fundamental problem in many projects Projects operate in uncertainty, but control systems are…