I'll be the first to admit that I'm not the best at practicing risk management activities. I can look back on the projects that I've managed and review the issues lists that I've documented and managed throughout my projects. It makes it easy to see which ones required me to spend time identifying and managing risks and which required little to no time to conduct risk activities. Completely skipping the risk management process can turn a no brainer, short-term project into a painful engagement that goes over time and budget and leaves you wondering where it all went wrong.