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14 Common Project Risks (+ more)

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Risks matter. That’s the point of risk management: thinking about what might go wrong before it does, so you can put a plan together to deal with it if it does. However, at the beginning of your project when your risk log is empty, it can be a bit of a challenge to think of all the stuff that might need to go on there.

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Navigating Project Uncertainty with Decision Trees

Project Risk Coach

In the intricate world of project management, where each decision can lead to a myriad of outcomes, the ability to forecast and manage potential risks is invaluable. How to Perform Decision Tree Analysis Here's a step-by-step guide on how to perform decision tree analysis for quantitative risk analysis.

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Focusing on the Right Risk – Risk Magic

The IIL Blog

Nielsen, PMP, PgMP, PMI-ACP, CSM I have visited many companies over my 20 plus years of project and program management training and consulting. Time and time again, I see organizations are not dealing with risk appropriately. In this article, let’s look at a few ways we can change from risk managing us to us managing the risk.

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Measuring the Project Management Maturity of Your Organization

ProjectManager.com

That’s because the project teams involved with these successful projects follow a defined and repeatable process, which mitigates risk and achieves objectives. It helps to complete projects on time, manage risk, achieve project goals, deliver more benefits and handle change with minor disruption.

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Creating a Risk-Adjusted Backlog

Leading Answers

This article explains what a risk-adjusted backlog is, why they are useful, how to create one and how teams work with them. What is a Risk-Adjusted Backlog? A risk-adjusted backlog is a backlog that contains activities relating to managing risk in addition to the usual features associated with delivering value.

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9 Types of Artifacts in Project Management

Rebel’s Guide to PM

But what if you don’t use PMI methods? Whether you subscribe to the PMI way of thinking or use another approach based on your background, skills, experience, certification or the expectations of management, I’m pretty sure that you’ll have to create project documents. Documents are documents. You can grab the set I use here.

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Understanding What is Quantitative Risk Analysis

Project Pulse Journal

Shick, MSPM, PMP, CSM In the dynamic world of projects, risks are omnipresent. Every decision brings along its own set of uncertainties and complicated risks. Enter the realm of quantitative risk analysis. Essential tools such as Decision Trees and Monte Carlo Simulation enable thorough risk evaluations.

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