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11 - PROJECT RISK MANAGEMENT

11.2.1.13 organizational Process Assets

Described in Section 2.1.4. Organizational process assets that can influence the Identify Risks process include,
but are not limited to:

• Project files, including actual data,
• Organizational and project process controls,

• Risk statement formats or templates, and
• Lessons learned.

11.2.2 Identify risks: tools and techniques

11.2.2.1 documentation reviews

A structured review of the project documentation may be performed, including plans, assumptions, previous
project files, agreements, and other information. The quality of the plans, as well as consistency between those
plans and the project requirements and assumptions, may be indicators of risk in the project.

11.2.2.2 Information Gathering techniques

Examples of information gathering techniques used in identifying risks can include:
• Brainstorming. The goal of brainstorming is to obtain a comprehensive list of project risks. The project
team usually performs brainstorming, often with a multidisciplinary set of experts who are not part of the
team. Ideas about project risk are generated under the leadership of a facilitator, either in a traditional
free-form brainstorm session or structured mass interviewing techniques. Categories of risk, such as in a
risk breakdown structure, can be used as a framework. Risks are then identified and categorized by type
of risk and their definitions are refined.
• delphi technique. The Delphi technique is a way to reach a consensus of experts. Project risk experts
participate in this technique anonymously. A facilitator uses a questionnaire to solicit ideas about the
important project risks. The responses are summarized and are then recirculated to the experts for
further comment. Consensus may be reached in a few rounds of this process. The Delphi technique helps
reduce bias in the data and keeps any one person from having undue influence on the outcome.

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