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Should RBS (risk breakdown structure) be kept and managed separately or mingle with WBS

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Amod Ranjan Senior Manager- Civil| Axon Constructions Private Limited India
I want to know the preferable position of RBS to keep and manage efficiently. Should it be separate or to be mingled with WBS to ease tracking of the project ?
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Anish Abraham Privacy Program Manager| University of Washington Auburn, Wa, United States
I agree with Deepesh, Kiron and others.

I think the best way to understand an RBS is by drawing an analogy to the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS).
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Najam Mumtaz Retired Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Risk Break Down Structure (RBS) is project risks arranged by risk category. The structure is organized by source so that the total risk exposure of the project can be more easily understood,
It is always managed separately from a Work Breakdown Structure which is a tool used to define and group a project’s discrete work elements (or tasks) and define the total work scope of the project.
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Jan 08, 2018 8:42 PM
Vincent Guerard
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Najam,

When the RBS is provided by the organization , or the PMO it add a lot of value.
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Vincent Guerard Coach - Trainer - Speaker - Advisor| Freelance Mont-Royal, Quebec, Canada
Jan 05, 2018 11:41 AM
Replying to Thomas Walenta
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Vincent, I too have seen organisations provide a RBS (e.g. IBM), which then is incorporating the lessons learned over time.
Many small, or even medium organizations I have seen do not have a mature PMO and therefor no org-wide RBS.
Even if there is a given RBS, I would not limit my project to the known sources of risk and try to brainstorm all kind of ideas where risks could come from.
I often have not show the RBS to avoid a check list syndrome.
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Vincent Guerard Coach - Trainer - Speaker - Advisor| Freelance Mont-Royal, Quebec, Canada
Jan 05, 2018 8:39 PM
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Risk Break Down Structure (RBS) is project risks arranged by risk category. The structure is organized by source so that the total risk exposure of the project can be more easily understood,
It is always managed separately from a Work Breakdown Structure which is a tool used to define and group a project’s discrete work elements (or tasks) and define the total work scope of the project.
Najam,

When the RBS is provided by the organization , or the PMO it add a lot of value.
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