Chapter 16 - Strategic Issues for Project Risk Management
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What are the strategic options for PRMS implementation?

  • No implementation, standalone implementation, integrated implementation
  • No implementation, phased implementation, full implementation
  • Partial implementation, standalone implementation, integrated implementation
  • No implementation, partial implementation, full implementation (correct)

What are the factors influencing strategic thinking about system separation?

  • Organisational structure, organisational capacity, compliance requirements, operational processes (correct)
  • Risk tolerance, risk appetite, risk mitigation, risk transfer
  • Project size, project complexity, project duration, project team
  • Project management tools, project management methodologies, project management software, project management techniques

What is the potential implication of implementing PRMS across all projects straightaway?

  • Improving operational efficiency
  • Severely taxing the organisation's resilience (correct)
  • Reducing project risks
  • Enhancing the organization's flexibility

Why is the capacity to trial PRMS on different project phases of several projects unlikely to be feasible?

<p>Unless the projects are short-term endeavors (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What aspects are covered by formal risk-based management systems at the organizational level?

<p>Occupational health and safety, environmental harm, quality assurance (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does partial PRMS implementation involve?

<p>Introduction of a stand-alone system dealing only with projects (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the default strategic position regarding PRMS implementation?

<p>No implementation (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does full PRMS implementation seek to achieve?

<p>Integration of organizational risk management and PRM (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why might an organization decide to rely on existing arrangements to embrace project risks?

<p>In perhaps their more important compliance aspects (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What might severely tax the organization's resilience?

<p>A degree of change resulting from PRMS implementation (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why is it important to carefully consider the potential flow-on implications of PRMS implementation?

<p>Due to the degree of change it may bring (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is unlikely to be feasible unless the projects are short-term endeavors?

<p>The capacity to trial PRMS on different project phases of several projects (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary focus of risk knowledge management strategies?

<p>Managing 'how' the knowledge can be used (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the key consideration for risk response and treatment options?

<p>Practical feasibility (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What should be avoided in risk knowledge capture strategies?

<p>Copy and paste processes for reporting risk (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary purpose of PRMS maintenance and development?

<p>To ensure continuous improvement (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the focus of risk response and treatment options?

<p>Long-term sustainability (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a key consideration for establishing RID tool preference strategies?

<p>Tool adaptability from any primary alternative use (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary focus of quantitative and qualitative risk analysis strategies?

<p>Balancing high levels of probability and impact (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary focus of participation in PRM workshops?

<p>Confined to people directly involved in risk management (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What should be avoided in strategic risk management to mitigate 'catastrophising'?

<p>Confronting and encouraging self-recognition of its presence (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a key consideration for project contextualization?

<p>Strategic fit of the project for the stakeholder organization (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a key consideration for quantitative risk analysis strategies?

<p>Balancing high levels of probability and impact (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the focus of risk monitoring and control strategies during the project life cycle?

<p>Who, what, and when questions (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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