Acknowledgments

Many people believe that the roles of editor and publisher consist of checking spelling and grammar and overseeing the printing process. No. We thank David McClintock, Wendy Eakin, Vincent Au, and Nuno Andrade of Dorset House for their work taking our manuscript and molding it, transforming it, and coaxing it into a book we two are very proud of. The “before and after pictures” are remarkable. Thank you.

We also want to thank our colleagues who have generously jumped at the chance to give us their opinions and insights pro bono. It is just these conversations that give us the joy of working in our profession. Our thanks go to Rob Austin, Barry Boehm, Christine Davis, Mike Evans, Sean Jackson, Steve McMenamin, and Mike Silves.

We especially thank Bob Charette and the late Paul Rook for trailblazing this area. Our path has been much easier to follow thanks to them.

Finally, we thank our consulting clients of the last ten years. These are the companies that demonstrated to us that running away from risk is a loser, and that risk comes with the territory of a valuable project. We recognize that these people are not afraid to work on risky efforts; they want to work on important ventures.