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Showing 1 to 20 of 42 for “"project risk"”.
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Post-Project Risk Perception and Systems Management Reaction
… of this research is to identify whether risk management in projects has any role in risk management in systems. Projects, systems, and risk management are three integral concepts in the management of various enterprises and agencies. Risk management is a common concept in systems and …
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Valuing project risk and flexibility in mining resource development
Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering; and, (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, Technology and Policy Program, 1999.
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Reducing system software project risk through choice of project architecture
The choice of project architecture - the structure of and interrelationships between product, processes, and organization - alters the project's risk profile. While most analyses take project scope as an input, I propose the examination of multiple project decompositions take place as part of …
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A proposed project risk management framework in the information technology environment
Information Technology (IT) projects that resulted from the accelerated technological pace of change, will enable a path of growth and long term return on investment (ROI) for organisations. However, embarking on such large scale investments leave little opportunity to turn back, and sound project …
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Identification of Project Risk Factors in a South African Train Manufacturing Project
… in a decline in the industry. Undertaking a project to manufacture new trains for the country, a South African train manufacturing company is faced with many challenges that pose as risks to the project's success. These include challenges in economics, infrastructure, skills, value …
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A novel meta-synthesis approach to technology maturity management for project risk control
… systems. However, due to the large scale of projects, and the intricate architecture and functionalities involved in these systems,traditional project development processes often encounter schedule delays, cost increases or performance degradation. Most of these are related to technical risk. …
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Casual factors of increased project risk : a review of four in-flight anomalies
Risk management is an essential component any project. Traditional tools of risk management, however, tend to focus solely on the three traditional project elements-cost, schedule, and technical-ignoring the broader environmental issues which also play a part in project success. Without a knowledge …
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Investigation into the current project risk management practices within the Libyan oil and gas industry
… to meet these energy needs. However, oil and gas projects pose significant risks, as they are large, complex and involve a considerable number of stakeholders and technologically difficult. The literature shows that many projects in the industry fail as a result of improper risk management …
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Applying project risk management principles to manage business start-up risk : a proposed training tool
… survive. This study's main aim is to propose a risk management training tool to assist business start-ups to mitigate their risks. This is expected to allow for increased business start-up success rates. The aim of the proposed risk mitigation tool will be to provide training to allow small …
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An Analysis of Project Risk Factors for Donor Funded Projects and Programs in the Health Sector in Zimbabwe
… In the 2017 budget, development partners were projected to contribute a collective figure of US$229.8 million, complementing US$318.4 million that was partly allocated from the budget and partly raised through user fees (US$281.9 million budget allocation, US$36.5 million user fees) (MOFED, …
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A Structured Project-Risk Management and Life Cycle Framework for Complex Systems: Ship Repair and Maintenance (SR&M) Projects
… to insights regarding the implications of using Project Risk Management (PRM) and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) in managing projects for a complex system. The PRM approach apprehends many forms of risk both internal and external within a given project and assists the manager in determining the …
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The framework of direct and indirect effect of project risk response-related measures on project performance in managing construction delay
Project performance can be enhanced via proper risk management, particularly with the development of risk response measures. Though delay issues have been explored in many studies, to date, no study has attempted to measure how delay factors and risk measures are associated with the project …
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Developing scenarios for post-merger and acquisition integration: a grounded theory of 'risk bartering'
… acquisitions can therefore be deemed extremely risky ventures.<br/><br/>In response to this dilemma, this thesis brings together the fields of project risk management and mergers and acquisitions, an overlap that is particularly under-developed in the extant literature. Adopting a grounded …
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Risks and decision making in development of new power plant projects
Power plant development projects are typically capital intensive and subject to a complex network of interconnected risks that impact development's performance. Failure to develop a power plant to meet performance constraints can come at great cost to the developer and other stakeholders involved. …
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Application of risk management frameworks to medical device production development
Effective risk management is critical when manufacturing medical products to avoid any potential impact to patients due to supply disruptions or quality excursions. As Flex LTD, an end-to-end manufacturing solutions provider, continues to grow its medical device portfolio, they have a need to take …
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Communication risk and strategy in temporary organizations
… successful outcomes in the high-stakes field of project management. Professional management societies have quantified financial losses caused by ineffective communication. Consulting project management exemplifies a maximum communication risk environment - misunderstanding threatens project …
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Essays on Risk and Uncertainty in Greenhouse Gas Trading Markets
… Cutting across these concepts are a variety of risks and uncertainties. These risks play a major role in developing effective market designs that achieve aggregate emission caps while encouraging market participation and investment in carbon reduction activities. What are the risks associated …
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Sistema de planificación estocástico de proyectos: Implicaciones en la gestión de riesgos
In this work titled 'Stochastic Project Scheduling System: Implications for Risk Management' we develop a stochastic risk model for the project's network depicted by more general Stochastic Petri Nets. The model expresses the uncertainty about activities' duration, and it includes contingency plans …
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Quantitative policy analysis for aviation biofuel production technologies
… and a number of policies intended to reduce project risk. Stochastic techno-economic analysis (TEA) models for each pathway are used to quantify the impact of the policies on the median and probabilistic distribution of project net present value (NPV), and minimum selling price (MSP) of the …
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