[mhss]

I've always seen risk management as essential to project management, not a separate concept. It's a way to manage expectations. The same work and results will get you a very different outcome if you managed risk and expectations from the start.

[el0hel]

OP here. I think I did a poor job of communicating this exact point. I agree with you - risk management is a part of good project management. The point I was attempting to convey is when organizations consider projects (or project tasks) as managed when all they've done is shift risk without consideration of the ability to _actually_ accomplish said project/task. The myopic focus on risk can get in the way of _actual_ accomplishment.

[mhss]

Appreciate the clarification. It's a good write up either way!

[layer8]

It is. The article isn’t really talking about actual risk management, as far as I can see.