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Project Management Orientation
Sample Risk Management Plan
Rank RIN Source of Risk Risk Event Response Strategies Action Required
1 2 Architect Review Insufficient time to perform product verification test
  • Have available personnel work overtime
  • Plan activities
  • Negotiate with client or project sponsor for more time
  • PM to contact team and inform them to start working overtime
  • PM to plan activities
  • PM to negotiate with client or project sponsor for more time
2 4 WBS review by lead tester No test suites available for required open systems standards
  • Hire testing firm to validate open systems standards
  • PM to hire testing firm to validate open systems standards
3 1 WBS Incomplete UCD analysis results in user interface problems
  • Use Joint Application Design (JAD) to determine initial requirements
  • Use task analysis to better understand potential client or project sponsor's environment
  • Build prototype
  • PM to use JAD to determine initial requirements
  • PM to use task analysis to better understand potential client or project sponsor's environment
  • PM to add a step to the project plan for build protoype
4 5 Contractual requirements/product plan assumptions Use of new IPD methodology will delay schedule
  • Cancel annual leave, send staff to training
  • Hire outside expert to act as coach
  • Use on-the-job training approach-give everyone the material and tell them they must know it by a certain date
  • PM to cancel annual leave and make arrangements to send staff to training
  • PM to hire outside expert to act as a coach
  • PM to gather the material and give it to each member of the staff and tell them they must know this material by a date
5 3 Company objectives and plans Elements not fully integrated into OS public build
  • Create OS development SWAT team to complete all necessary items quickly
  • Negotiate with senior management for more time
  • PM to create OS swat team
  • PM to negotiate with senior management for more time
1: Getting Started
2: Define the Project Team
3: Team Management
4: Identify and Validate Requirements
5: Create Decomposition Structures
6: Risk Management
7: Project Estimates
8: Project Schedules
9: Change Management
10: Project Control and Execution
Defining the Project
11: Project Management Review
12: Project Closeout
13: Project Management Tool Suite
14: Self-Assessment and Final Exam
Fast Points
Concepts
Seven Keys
Case Study
WWPMM
Mentor
Check Point
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