In this book, Tom DeMarco and Timothy Lister, the bestselling authors of Peopleware, teach you how to identify, manage, and benefit from risks."Avoiding risks is a losing proposition. In the past, you might have treated a risk-free project like to an unexpected gift of fate and would thank the stars for this rare success - an easy project. We reacted the same way. Projects without risks are the lot of losers. Risks and benefits always go hand in hand. Companies that avoid risks and concentrate their efforts only. on what they probably know how to do well, they sow the field for their rivals. The project is full of risks because it leads you down untrodden paths. It can expand your capabilities in a way that will drive your competitors crazy. Ideally, to such an extent that your competitors. there will be nothing to answer."