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14 Common Project Risks (+ more)

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Risks matter. Stuff happens on projects, and if the worst happens, it’s better to know about it in advance. 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. What’s a risk again? It helps to think of risks in categories.

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Managing Project Assumptions & Risks

Velociteach

We make hundreds of assumptions and take small risks daily. Recovering from these risks may be inconvenient but not horribly impactful. Project assumptions and risks are not as casual. Project assumptions and risks are not as casual. Or risks were identified, but a response strategy was never created.

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Managing Project Assumptions and Risks

The IIL Blog

By Alan Zucker We make hundreds of assumptions and take small risks daily. Recovering from these risks may be inconvenient but not horribly impactful. Project assumptions and risks are not as casual. Project assumptions and risks are not as casual. Until we validate them, they are risks.

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Measuring the Project Management Maturity of Your Organization

ProjectManager.com

In other words, you can look at an organization with strong project management maturity as one that’s managing the planning, execution and compilation of its projects well. This is true across all industries, from construction to manufacturing, professional services to IT and, really any organization that is managing projects.

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Cost Estimation for Projects: How to Estimate Accurately

ProjectManager.com

Many costs can appear over the life cycle of a project, and an accurate estimation method can be the difference between a successful plan and a failed one. Projects bring risks, and risks bring unexpected costs. An Overview of Cost Estimation. Excluded costs. Project Cost Estimation Techniques.

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Project Budgeting: An Interview with Sol Benady

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Make sure the assumptions you are making are sound and you aren’t caught out partway through the project. Have a risk budget. One thing that’s important to have is a risk budget. There will be scope creep and things that happen during the project that are not expected. Explaining ‘Run Rate’. Asking for More Money.

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Exploring the differences: Projects vs operations examples

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Examples of projects Examples of projects include building a new office space or renovating an existing one, developing a new website or mobile app from scratch or revamping an existing one, launching a new product line or expanding into new markets. These are all great sources of examples of projects. More on that later.

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