Project Risk Management Inputs, Tools and Techniques, and Outputs
by Project Management Process Group
1. Plan Risk Management
2. Identify Risks
Inputs | Tools and techniques | Outputs |
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- Project management plan
- Requirements management plan
- Schedule management plan
- Cost management plan
- Quality management plan
- Resource management plan
- Risk management plan
- Scope baseline
- Schedule baseline
- Cost baseline
- Project documents
- Assumption log
- Cost estimates
- Duration estimates
- Issue log
- Lessons learned register
- Requirements documentation
- Resource requirements
- Stakeholder register
- Agreements
- Procurement documentation
- Enterprise environmental factors
- Organizational process assets
| - Data gathering
- Brainstorming
- Checklists
- Interviews
- Data analysis
- Root cause analysis
- Assumption and constraint analysis
- SWOT analysis
- Document analysis
- Interpersonal and team skills
- Prompt lists
- Meetings
| - Risk register
- Risk report
- Project documents updates
- Assumption log
- Issue log
- Lessons learned register
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Source: PMBOK® Guide, 6th ed., Chapter 11, section 11.2, p. 409.
3. Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis
Inputs | Tools and techniques | Outputs |
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- Project management plan
- Project documents
- Assumption log
- Risk register
- Stakeholder register
- Enterprise environmental factors
- Organizational process assets
| - Expert judgment
- Data gathering
- Data analysis
- Risk data quality assessment
- Risk probability and impact assessment
- Assessment of other risk parameters
- Interpersonal and team skills
- Risk categorization
- Data representation
- Probability and impact matrix
- Hierarchical charts
- Meetings
| - Project documents updates
- Assumption log
- Issue log
- Risk register
- Risk report
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Source: PMBOK® Guide, 6th ed., Chapter 11, section 11.3, p. 419.
4. Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis
Inputs | Tools and techniques | Outputs |
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- Project management plan
- Risk management plan
- Scope baseline
- Schedule baseline
- Cost baseline
- Project documents
- Assumption log
- Basis of estimates
- Cost estimates
- Cost forecasts
- Duration estimates
- Milestone list
- Resource requirements
- Risk register
- Risk report
- Schedule forecasts
- Enterprise environmental factors
- Organizational process assets
| - Expert judgment
- Data gathering
- Interpersonal and team skills
- Representations of uncertainty
- Data analysis
- Simulations
- Sensitivity analysis
- Decision tree analysis
- Influence diagrams
| - Project documents updates
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Source: PMBOK® Guide, 6th ed., Chapter 11, section 11.4, p. 428.
5. Plan Risk Responses
Inputs | Tools and techniques | Outputs |
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- Project management plan
- Resource management plan
- Risk management plan
- Cost baseline
- Project documents
- Lessons learned register
- Project schedule
- Project team assignments
- Resource calendars
- Risk register
- Risk report
- Stakeholder register
- Enterprise environmental factors
- Organizational process assets
| - Expert judgment
- Data gathering
- Interpersonal and team skills
- Strategies for threats
- Strategies for opportunities
- Contingent response strategies
- Strategies for overall project risk
- Data analysis
- Alternatives analysis
- Cost-benefit analysis
- Decision making
- Multicriteria decision analysis
| - Change requests
- Project management plan updates
- Schedule management plan
- Cost management plan
- Quality management plan
- Resource management plan
- Procurement management plan
- Scope baseline
- Schedule baseline
- Cost baseline
- Project documents updates
- Assumption log
- Cost forecasts
- Lessons learned register
- Project schedule
- Project team assignments
- Risk register
- Risk report
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Source: PMBOK® Guide, 6th ed., Chapter 11, section 11.5, p. 437.
6. Implement Risk Responses
7. Monitor Risks
Inputs | Tools and techniques | Outputs |
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- Project management plan
- Project documents
- Issue log
- Lessons learned register
- Risk register
- Risk report
- Work performance data
- Work performance reports
| - Data analysis
- Technical performance analysis
- Reserve analysis
- Audits
- Meetings
| - Work performance information
- Change requests
- Project management plan updates
- Project documents updates
- Assumption log
- Issue log
- Lessons learned register
- Risk register
- Risk report
- Organizational process assets updates
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Source: PMBOK® Guide, 6th ed., Chapter 11, section 11.7, p. 453.
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