@archangeloperations: Most PMs are afraid to turn something red. It feels like it makes them look bad. So everything stays yellow, and the dashboard stops telling anyone anything. Force the split. The riskiest 20% go red, even if they're on track. The safest 20% to 50% go green. Set them aside, and spend meeting time only congratulating the team. The rest stays yellow. Patrick Lencioni makes the case in Death by Meeting that meetings need conflict the way movies do. Red gives yours some. Then own it: here's the risk, I have it under control, and we're driving forward. Want to go deeper on this? Leave a comment.