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30+ Types of Project Risk
 John Spacey, February 27, 2017

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Project risk is the potential for a project to fail. More broadly, it is the
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potential for a project to cause business losses. It is considered basic
Business Impact project management due diligence to identify risks and go through a
process of reducing, mitigating, transferring, sharing or accepting
each risk. Generally speaking, risk can't be reduced to zero and all
projects involve some degree of risk acceptance. The following are
common types of project risk.

Architecture Risk Benefit Shortfall

Budget Risk Business Impact Risk

Contract Risk Design Risk

Disputes Estimates

Facility Risk Force Majeure

Health And Safety Risk Implementation Risk

Information Security Risk Infrastructure Risk

Integration Risk Legal Risk

Operations Risk Partner Risk

Performance Risk Political Risk

Procurement Risk Program Risk

Project Complexity Project Planning Risk

Quality Risk Regulatory Risk

Reputational Risk Requirements Quality

Residual Risk Resistance To Change

Resource Risk Risk Response

Schedule Risk Scope Creep

Secondary Risk Security Risk

Supplier Risk Technology Risk

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The potential for an
architectue to fail to satisfy the
requirements for a project.

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A definition of benefit shortfall.

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Risk?
The potential that business will
be interrupted by a project or
organizational change.

What is Design Risk?

The potential for a design to
fail to satisfy the requirements
for a project.

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The basic types of project assumption.

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The overall size and intricacy
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Projections of costs, task completion times and resource needs for a
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The potential for a failure of
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