assessing project risks

Project Risk: A Beginner’s Guide

Risks will be present on every project. As a project manager, we need to understand what a risk is, what impact it might have on the project and how we can manage it throughout the life cycle of our project. What is a project risk? The APM defines a risk as ‘The potential of a […]

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A World In Which Every Project Is A Success?

“We know why projects fail, we know how to prevent their failure — so why do they still fail?” Martin Cobb, CIO, Treasury Board Secretariat, 1995. The reasons why projects fail are well understood they include[i]   Poor project definition including announcing major funding decisions before the business case has been fully developed. Optimistic assessment […]

project management essentials

Viewing Risk From A Different Perspective

Risk management as part of the project management process focusses on identifying, mitigating and controlling risks that might negatively affect the outcome of the project. We inherently assume that risk is bad and if a risk occurs then the effect must be negative. But if we look at occupations or activities that are inherently risky […]