I have recently read an article here on how to distinguish project managers from entrepreneurs. Simon Cleveland, the author, proposed risk attitude as a main distinction between them. While entrepreneurs, by definition, always assume risks, project managers are risk averse, planning, identifying, analyzing, responding to them and controlling them thoroughly during projects. This is, for me, a debatable statement. In this article, I will claim that risk aversion is not a common characteristics of project managers, and what distinguishes project managers from entrepreneurs is the way and the environment in which they perform risk management.







