Creating Project Risk Management Plan
Risk Management Plan
Unit 4
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Risk Management Processes
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Explanation: Introduce and describe 5 risk management processes (risk planning, identify risks, analyze risks, plan risk responses, and monitor and control).
In notes, provide explanations and specific information, at least two sentences per bullet point.
Risk Planning: Text
Risk Identification: Text, text
Risk Analysis: Text, text
Qualitative risk analysis: Text, text
Quantitative risk analysis: Text, text
Plan Risk Responses: text, text
Risk Monitoring and Control: text, text
Risk Identification Techniques
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Explanation: Explain tools and techniques to be used to identify risks.
In notes, provide explanations and specific information, at least two sentences per bullet point.
Brainstorming: Text, text
Interviewing: Text, text
Experience: Text, text
Expert opinion: text, text
Root cause analysis: text, text
Risk List
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Explanation: Present 15 key risks identified in Unit 2 homework. In notes, provide explanations and specific information, at least two sentences per bullet point.
Example:
| Risk ID | Risk Description | Negative Risk | Positive Risk |
| Example | Unable to finish homework because Internet is down | Yes | |
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Risk Breakdown Structure
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Explanation: Identify key risk assessment categories (budget, schedule, human resources, etc.) with specific project risks identified in Unit 2 homework. In notes, provide explanations and specific information, at least two sentences per bullet point.
Example:
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| Category 1 Example: Technology | Category 2 | Category 3 | Category 4 | Category 5 |
| Risk 1 Example: Complex system interfaces | ||||
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Impact and Probability Matrix
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Explanation: Create Impact and Probability Matrix (high, medium, and low) to define each level of impact and probability. Use Impact and Probability Matrix with specific project risks identified in Unit 2 homework.
You do not need any bullet points in this slide. Instead, paste the Impact and Probability Matrix. Use notes to explain Probability and Impact matrix components.
Example:
| IMPACT | ||||
| LOW | MEDIUM | HIGH | ||
| PROBABILITY | LOW | LOW | LOW | MEDIUM |
| MEDIUM | LOW | MEDIUM | HIGH | |
| HIGH | MEDIUM | HIGH | HIGH |
Risk Response Strategies for Negative Risks
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Explanation: Explain risk response strategies for negative risks (mitigate, transfer, and avoid).
In notes, provide explanations and specific information, at least two sentences per bullet point.
Mitigate: Text, text
Transfer: Text, text
Avoid: Text, text
Risk Response Strategies for Positive Risks
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Explanation: Explain risk response strategies for positive risks (exploit, enhance, and share).
In notes, provide explanations and specific information, at least two sentences per bullet point.
Exploit: Text, text
Enhance: Text, text
Share: Text, text
Risk Response Strategies for the Project
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Explanation: Create Risk Response Matrix .
You do not need any bullet points in this slide. Instead, paste Risk Response Matrix with specific project risks, identified in Unit 3 homework. Use notes to explain Probability and Impact matrix components.
Example:
| Risk ID | Risk Description | Response Strategy | Action Plan |
| Example | Sudden loss of electricity | Mitigate | Purchase generators and large fuel canisters |
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Risk Management Roles and Responsibilities
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Explanation: List five key roles (risk manager, project manager, project sponsor, project team members, etc.) and clarify their responsibilities.
In notes, provide explanations and specific information, at least two sentences per bullet point.
Role 1: Text, text
Role 2: Text, text
Role 3: Text, text
Role 4: text, text
Role 5: text, text
Risk Management Budgeting
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Explanation: Estimate money needed for risk management activities, process of changing budget, and a person responsible for authorizing budget change. Classify your budget into the following categories: labor (people), equipment, materials, other (travel, office supplies, etc.)
In notes, provide explanations and specific information, at least two sentences per bullet point.
Labor: $ amount
Equipment: $ amount
Materials: $ amount
Other: $ amount
How Is in charge of spending?: Text, text
How budget changes will be made?: Text, text
Risk Management Timing
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Explanation: Explain frequency of risk management activities (daily, weekly, monthly, ad hoc, etc.), who and how will track timely completion of risk activities, and who will be responsible for authorizing changes to the established timelines.
In notes, provide explanations and specific information, at least two sentences per bullet point.
Frequency: Text, text
Who will track changes?: Text, text
Who will authorize changes?: Text, text
Risk Types
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Explanation: Risk threats (negative risks), opportunities (positive risks), internal risks, and external risks.
In notes, provide explanations and specific information, at least two sentences per bullet point.
Negative risks (threats): Text, text
Positive risks (opportunities): Text, text
Internal risks: Text, text
External risks: text, text
Stakeholder Tolerance
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Explanation: Categorize key stakeholders into two groups: risk averse, and risk seekers. Explain if homogenous or heterogeneous risk teams are preferred by your team) and justify that approach.
In notes, provide explanations and specific information, at least two sentences per bullet point.
Risk averse: Text, text
Risk seekers: Text, text
Homogenous: Text, text
Heterogeneous: text, text
Your team preference?: Text, text
Risk Monitoring and Control
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Explanation: Explain who will audit risks and how frequently the audits will be done. Will you use internal auditors or external auditors? Will you select auditors from risk management team or outside that team? How new risks will be identified? How will you remove risks if they no longer affect your project? Are risk response strategies effective or not?
In notes, provide explanations and specific information, at least two sentences per bullet point.
Individual(s) responsible for monitoring risks: Text, text
Frequency of risk audits: Text, text
Will you use auditors from project team or outside the project team?: Text, text
How new risks will be identified?: text, text
How will outdated risks be removed?: text, text
Were risk response strategies effective or not?: Text, text
References
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Instructions: include at least 3 sources used to complete this presentation. All references should be presented in APA format.
References