Risk - The Complete Tool Set
Who is Responsible?
One of the powerful insights that our group's approach to risk management is that it clearly indicates who is responsible for managing which category of risk. As shown in Figure 7, the responsibility for managing risks is a shared one that requires many more people than the Project Manager to become pro-active and committed.
While this may vary across projects, the following responsibility table is a great start:
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Project Sponsor and Stakeholder executives;
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Project Manager with assistance from Sponsor;
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- Production Support Risk -
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Production Support and other business and IT operational support experts;
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- Benefits Realisation Risk -
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Project Sponsor and Stakeholder executives; and
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You (and your family/significant others).
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Fig. 7 - The shared responsibility for risk management
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