Planning for success

Planning for success

Risk managers can make a crucial contribution to the success of new business projects. All projects involve risk, some more so than others. But risk managers can help in planning for success. Risk should be understood as meaning uncertainty, which covers both threats and opportunities. Inbuilt into every project planning process should be the creation…

Risk managers can make a crucial contribution to the success of new business projects.

All projects involve risk, some more so than others. But risk managers can help in planning for success.

Risk should be understood as meaning uncertainty, which covers both threats and opportunities. Inbuilt into every project planning process should be the creation of a project Risk Management Plan (RMP).

In this article, published in the Summer 2017 edition of Enterprise Risk, Gareth Byatt explains how risk managers can help their organisations’ projects succeed using this method.

Read the full article here.





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