3. What strategy would you develop to avoid these types of issues on a project in the future? Analyzation IT solutions company owner must identify the risk causes before taking the project and before they give it to the Junior Project Manager. The owner is responsible to ensuring that adequate and timely risk identification is performed. He or She is the first participant in the project. The sooner risks are identified, the sooner plans can be made to mitigate or manage them. It is important to all project management personnel receive specific training to this project. Root Causes: People - even if a group's process and technology are flawless, human actions (whether accidental or deliberate) can put the business at risk. Process - flawed or badly documented process can put the business at risk even they followed perfectly. . Technology - the IT staff may precisely follow a perfectly designed process yet fail to meet business goals because of problems with the hardware, software and so on. Environment - some factors are beyond IT group's control but can still affect the infrastructure in a way that harms the business. Natural events such as earthquakes and floods fall into this category, as do externally generated, man-made problems, such as civil unrest or changes to government regulations