December 1998
PM217: PROJECT MANAGEMENT

QUESTION 2

Total Marks: 20 Marks

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2. (a) A key component of risk management is the ability to anticipate the different types of risk involved in a project. Four sources of risk in a project are technical risk, market risk, financial risk and human risk. Describe each of these four types of risk and in each case provide an example of the risk.

 

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(b) In risk management we attempt to minimise the risks associated with a project. The process of risk management is usually described in four phases. Identify each of these four phases and explain carefully what is involved in each of them. [12]