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Stephanie Jaeger Lead Consultant| Jaeger Consultants Ltd Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya
Risk Analysis is a very important aspect of our project management. If not done right, it can cost the project dearly in terms of money and extra time, but also frustration of the team. Yet not all corporate cultures allow the Project Manager to have access to all the information they would need.
My tip to young project managers is: start with the information you have! If you do not get financial info, or info on cost of sales etc, then start without. Make a list of your risks, weigh them, think of how to prevent, mitigate, transfer or accept them and allocate the responsibilities. Document your outcomes, issues faced and how that affected your projects. Then collect your data from several projects, prepare a presentation or workshop and sit down with your bosses. Explain to them the issues, your possible solutions and discuss with them the way forward. Make sure the discussed is documented and implemented.
What would your advise be to young project managers starting out and trying to establish the methodology and tools they use in their projects?
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Kiron Bondale Retired | Mentor| Retired Welland, Ontario, Canada
Risk management is about people first. As Dr. Hillson says "Risk is uncertainty that matters". To make it matter you need to understand your stakeholders.

Kiron
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Sergio Luis Conte Helping to create solutions for everyone| Worldwide based Organizations Buenos Aires, Argentina
Agree with @Kiron, adding that project risk management key is elicitation like any other of the project management defintinions.
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Tamer Zeyad Sadiq Assistant Cost Manager| Turner & Townsend Riyadh, Ar Riyad, Saudi Arabia
It means risk management plan how to mange risk by identify, assess, treat and control!!!!
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Alok Priyadarshi Project Manager| Tata Consulting Engineers Limited Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India
Hi Stephanie.
This remind me great lines of Warren Buffett "Risk comes from not knowing what you're doing ". So it is better to seek for information you do not have, analyse it, plan and mitigate and finally document it. Great suggestions.

Thanks a lot !!
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1 reply by Stephanie Jaeger
Apr 20, 2019 12:27 AM
Stephanie Jaeger
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Great tips here. Thanks everyone for your comments
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Stephanie Jaeger Lead Consultant| Jaeger Consultants Ltd Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya
Apr 19, 2019 11:57 AM
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Hi Stephanie.
This remind me great lines of Warren Buffett "Risk comes from not knowing what you're doing ". So it is better to seek for information you do not have, analyse it, plan and mitigate and finally document it. Great suggestions.

Thanks a lot !!
Great tips here. Thanks everyone for your comments
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Riyadh Salih Saskatchewan, Canada
Alok, W.Buffett has insider info to help make an educated solid trade decision there is no risk to him as other traders blindly enter a position either bullish or bearish
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1 reply by Alok Priyadarshi
Apr 20, 2019 8:16 AM
Alok Priyadarshi
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Hi Riyadh,
Righly said ! Risk can be minimised with possession of right information at right time.
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Alok Priyadarshi Project Manager| Tata Consulting Engineers Limited Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India
Apr 20, 2019 2:11 AM
Replying to Riyadh Salih
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Alok, W.Buffett has insider info to help make an educated solid trade decision there is no risk to him as other traders blindly enter a position either bullish or bearish
Hi Riyadh,
Righly said ! Risk can be minimised with possession of right information at right time.
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Mohammed Alotaibi Jubail, 04, Saudi Arabia
Better analysis is a safe money & time.
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Latha Thamma reddi Sr Product and Portfolio Management (Automation Innovation)| DXC Technology Mckinney, Tx, United States
Thank You!.

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