Having ideas is a great thing and makes up the foundation of scientific research.

In Australia, there are codes and principles for the conduct of research that are adopted as legal requirements in various legislation.

Risk management is what you do when a ‘risk’ becomes an ‘issue’, which puts you in the situation where you have to work out how you are going to manage this issue to keep the project on track.

Humans have a natural sense of wonder, which is essentially letting yourself ask questions about the world around you.

Scientists want to create positive changes and do work that is impactful.

In everyday life, work, and science projects, people generally don’t like to talk about risk. There is a perception that talking about risk will stop something from happening (e.g. a project).

Project management is a structured process to actively plan and implement strategies to manage risks to projects and identify and enhance opportunities.

One of the most important things to remember about effective communication is you need to ensure people understand what it is you’re saying.

The first step in project risk planning and management is identifying what the potential positive and negative risks are for your project and capturing these in the risk register.