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Patrik Steuer

Patrik Steuer

Kartei Details

Karten 53
Sprache English
Kategorie BWL
Stufe Universität
Erstellt / Aktualisiert 08.12.2013 / 10.06.2015
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risk

An uncertainty that can have a negative or positive effect on meeting objectives

Risk appetite

Degree of uncertainty an entity is willing to take on, in anticipation of a reward

Risk tolerance

Maximum acceptable deviation an entity Is willing to accept on the project or business objectives as the potential impact

Risk utility

Amount of satisfaction or pleasure received from a potential payoff.

Risk neutral

Person achieves a balance between risk and payoff

Risk-seeking

Person has higher tolerance for risk and their satisfaction increases when more payoff is at stake

Risk averse

Utility rises at a decreasing rate of risk

Known risks

Risks that the project team has identified and analyzed

Unknown risks

Risks that have not been identified and analyzed cannot be managed.

Risk management plan

Documents the procedures for managing risk throughout the project

Contingency plans

Predefined actions that the project team will take if an identified risk event occurs. Sometimes the same as fallback plan

Fallback plans

Developed for risks that have a high impact on meeting project objectives, and are put into effect if attempts to reduce the risk do not work

Contingency reserves or contingency allowances

Provisions held by the project sponsor or organization to reduce the risk of cost or schedule overruns to an acceptable level. For known risks

Management reserves

Are funds held for unknown risks

Project Success Criteria

Most important is User inolvement, before Management support and clear requirements. Competent staff isn?t so important

Market Risk

If the project creates a new product or service, will it be accepted?

Financial Risk

Can the organization afford to undertake the project? Will it meet ROI?

Technology risk

It is technically feasible?

People risk

Does the organization have the right skills? Is there management support?

Structure/process risk

What degree of change will the new project introduce into business?

Runaway projects

Project with significant cost or schedule overruns

Risk breakdown structure

Hierarchy of potential risk categories for a project, like WBS.

Brainstorming

Technique by which a group attempts to generate ideas or find a solution for a specific problem by amassing ideas spontaneously without judgment

Delphi technique

Derive a consensus among a panel of experts who make predictions about future developments

Interviewing

Fact-finding technique for collecting information in face-to-face, phone, email, or instant messaging discussions

Checklists

Based on risks encountered in previous projects

Analysis of assumption

Check if they are valid

flowchart

Diagrams that show how different parts of a system interrelate

Influence diagram

Represents decision problems by displaying essential elements, including decisions, uncertainties, causality, and objectives, and how they influence each other.

Risk register

Document that contains results of various risk management processes; it is often displayed as spreadsheet or in a table format

Risk Events

Refer to specific, uncertain events that may occur to the detriment or enhancement of the project

Trigger

Indicator or symptoms of actual risk events

Risk owner

Person who will take responsibility for the risk

Probability/impact matrix or chart

Lists the relative probability of a risk occurring and the relative impact of the risk occurring

Risk factors

Numbers that represent the overall risk of specific events, based on their probability of occurring and the consequences to the project if they do occur.

Top Ten Risk Item Tracking

Qualitative risk analysis tool

Watch list

List of risks that have low priority but are still identified as potential risks

Quantitative risk analysis

Main techniques include data gathering, analysis and modeling techniques, and expert judgment.

Decision tree

Diagramming analysis technique used to help select the best course of action when future outcomes are uncertain.

Expected monetary value (EMV)

Product of a risk event probability and the risk event?s monetary value.