Risk Management
Project Risk Management
• The processes of conducting risk management
planning, identification, analysis, response planning and
monitoring and control on a project
• Objectives are to increase the probability and impact of
positive events and decrease the probability and impact of
negative events In the project
To manage risk we use the six risk management processes
Risk Management Planning
Risk Identification
Qualitative Risk Analysis
Quantitative Risk Analysis
Risk Response Planning
Risk Monitoring and Control
• To manage risk we use the six risk management processes
– Risk Management Planning
– Risk Identification
– Qualitative Risk Analysis
– Quantitative Risk Analysis
– Risk Response Planning
– Risk Monitoring and Control

Risk
Management
Planning

Risk
Identificatio
n

Qualitative
Risk
Analysis

Quantitative
Risk
Analysis

Risk
Response
Planning

Risk
Monitoring
and Control
Enterprise
Environmental
Factors

Inputs

Tools & Techniques
 Planning Meetings and
Analysis

Organizational
Process
Assets
Project Scope
Statement

Outputs
Risk
Management
Plan

Project
Management
Plan

Risk
Management
Planning

Risk
Identification

Qualitative
Risk Analysis

Quantitative
Risk
Analysis

Risk
Response
Planning

Risk
Monitoring
and Control
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Methodology – Approach, tools, & data
Roles & Responsibilities
Budgeting – Resources to be put into risk management
Timing – When and how often
Risk Categories – Risk Breakdown Structure (RBS)

• Definitions – Risk probabilities and impact
Project

Technical

Organizational

Project
Management

Limited Design
Time

Funding

Estimates

Specifications
Adherence

Prioritization

Scheduling

Resource
Availability

Communication
Risk Identification
Inputs
Enterprise
Environmental Factors

Tools & Techniques
 Documentation Reviews

 Information Gathering
Techniques

Organizational
Process Assets

Outputs

Risk
Register

 Checklist Analysis

Project Scope
Statement

 Assumption analysis
 Diagramming techniques

Risk Management
Plan
Project
Management Plan

Risk
Management
Planning

Risk
Identification

Qualitative
Risk Analysis

Quantitative
Risk
Analysis

Risk
Response
Planning

Risk
Monitoring
and Control
Information Gathering Techniques

•Successive anonymous questionnaires on project risks with
responses summarized for further analysis
Qualitative Risk Analysis
Inputs
Organizational
Process Assets

Tools & Techniques
 Risk probability and impact
statement

Project Scope
Statement

 Probability and impact matrix

Outputs

 Risk data quality assessment

Risk
Management
Plan

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 Risk categorization
 Risk urgency assessment

Risk Register

Risk
Management
Planning

Risk
Identificatio
n

Qualitative
Risk Analysis

Quantitative
Risk
Analysis

Risk
Response
Planning

Risk
Monitoring
and Control
Consequen
ce
Extreme

High

Moderate
Low
Negligible

Health and Safety
Fatality or multiple fatalities
expected
Severe injury or disability likely;
or some potential for fatality
Lost time or injury likely; or
some potential for serious
injuries; or small risk of
fatality

Likelihood Class
Not Likely (NL)
Low (L)

<0.01% chance of
occurrence
0.01 - 0.1% chance of
occurrence

Moderate (M)

0.1 - 1% chance of
occurrence

High (H)

1 - 10% chance of
occurrence

First aid required; or small risk
of serious injury
No concern

Likelihood of Occurrence
(events/year)

Expected (E)

>10% chance of
occurrence
Rate each risk on
scales then plot on
matrix

Develop mitigation
technique for risks
above tolerance
Risk Register Update
• Add
– Probability and Impact Matrix results
– Perform quality check on results
– Categorize the risks to make them easier to handle
– Perform urgency assessment to determine which
risk need immediate attention
Quantitative Risk Analysis
Inputs
 Data gathering

 Quantitative risk analysis
and modeling

Outputs

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Risk
Manageme
nt Planning

Risk
Identification

Qualitative
Risk Analysis

Quantitative
Risk
Analysis

Risk
Response
Planning

Risk
Monitoring
and Control
• Analyze numerically the probability and
consequence of each risk
• Monte Carlo analysis popular
• Decision Tree analysis on test
– Diagram that describes a decision and
probabilities associated with the choices

• Expected Monetary Value Analysis (EMV)
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Avoid
Transfer
Mitigate
Acceptance

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Exploit
Share
Enhance
Acceptance