Risk

• Purpose
• Risk defined
  • What is a risk?
  • What is at risk?
  • What is risk management?
• Management of Risk
  • M_o_R_principles
• Risk management in projects
• Risk Management Strategy
• Risk Register
• Risk management procedure
  • Overview
  • Identify part 1
  • Identify part 2
  • Assess
  • Plan
  • Implement
  • Communicate
• Risk budget
• Responsibilities

Key sections

• Introduction
• Business case
• Organization
• Quality
• Plans
• Risk
• Change
• Progress
• Introduction to processes
• Starting up a projectDirecting a project
• Initiating a project
• Controlling a stage
• Managing Product Delivery
• Managing a Stage Boundary
• Closing a Project
• Tailoring PRINCE2 to the project environment
• Directing Projects with PRINCE2

Risk defined

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What is risk management?

The term risk management refers to the systematic application of procedures to the tasks of identifying and assessing risks, and then planning and implementing risk responses.
This provides a disciplined environment for proactive decision making.

For risk management to be effective, risks need to be:

This includes risks being considered that could affect the achievement of the project’s objectives, and then described to ensure that there is a common understanding of these risks.

This includes ensuring that each risk can be ranked in terms of estimated likelihood, impact and immediacy, and understanding the overall level of risk associated with the project.

This includes identifying appropriate responses to risks, assigning risk owners, and then executing, monitoring and controlling these responses.

Risk management applies from the strategic, operational, programme and project perspectives.
The approach to the management of risk can be common across all of these perspectives but risk management procedures should be tailored to suit each one. See the diagram for organizational perspectives.

Risk management is a large area and is covered in depth in ‘The Complete Risk Management package’.

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