identify all risks What could happen to your project? You can't plan for risks until you've figured out which ones you're likely to run into. That's why the first risk management process is Risk Identification. The idea is that you want to figure out every possible risk that might affect your project. Don't worry about how unlikely the risk is, or how bad the impact would be--you'll figure that stuff out later. in here? Remember the assumptions you put ething Those are all risks--if you assume som ject. pro that's not true, it will change the You should lo learned from ok at lessons p to see what wen ast projects t wrong. Risk Identification Risk Management Plan Project Management Plan Project Scope Statement Organizational Process Assets Inputs Enterprise Environmental Factors The tools and techniques-- Risk Identification--are all especially gathering information from about and making sure it's right. people The goal of all of the risk planning processes is to produce the risk register. That's your main weapon against risk. The risk register is the only output--and it's the most important part of risk management. It's a list of all of the risks and some initial ideas about how you'd respond to them. Risk Register 516 Chapter 11