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Risk
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Risk
owner at Client-site
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Risk
owner at Infofin
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Escalate
to
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Mitigation
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Mitigation
by
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Insufficient
resources
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Steering
Committee,
Project Manager,
HR
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Client
Project manager
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a)Cross-train
resources.
b)Document
decisions and processes
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Steering
Committee
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Employee
turnover
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Steering
Group,
Project Leader,
HR
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On-site
Project Manager,
HR
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a)
Cross-train resources.
b)
Document decisions and processes.
c)
Backfill positions.
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Steering
Group,
HR
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The
inability on the part of senior management to make timely decisions
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Project
Manager
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Client-site
Steering Committee, Infofin Steering group
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a)
Practice proactive planning and communications.
b)
The project team to present Client-site steering committee with alternatives, recommendations,
and information on priority and impact.
c)
Define the issues carefully.
d)
Formalize the process for issue resolution and escalation with a fixed
time frame.
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Client-site
management and Steering committee.
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Miscommunication
(between Our Project Manager, the steering committee and end users)
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Project
Manager,
Change Manager
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Infofin
steering group.
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a)
Build communication between Infofin project team and Client-site steering committee
and end users.
b)
Put out progress on a project web site.
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Infofin
Project Manager,
Project leader
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Lack
of proper facilities
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Steering
Committee and Project Manager
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Steering
Committee and Project Manager
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Provide
dedicated facilities to project
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Client-site
Project Manager
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Loss
of sponsorship
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Client-site
Steering Committee,
Project Manager
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Infofin
Steering Group,
Project Manager
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Review
project charter.
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Client-site
Management.
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Unclear
direction
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Project
Manager
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Client-site
Steering committee, Infofin Steering group
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Revisit
original project plan
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Project
managers of Client-site and Infofin
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Plan
or scope too aggressive
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Project
Manager,
Project
Leader
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Infofin
Steering Group.
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a)
Revisit the scope.
b)
Produce a detailed and clear project plan.
c)
Staff with the best people with the right skills at the right time
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Infofin
Project Manager, and Steering groups of Client-site and Infofin.
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Users
have unrealistic expectations
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Steering
Committee,
Project Manager,
Sponsor
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Infofin
Project manager
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a)Educate
and communicate with users early and often.
B)Get cooperation from users.
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Infofin
Project Manager
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Lack
of skills of key users and functional end users
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Steering
Committee,
Project Manager.
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Client-site
Project Manager
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a)
Assess users' skills.
b) Provide documentation.
c)
Involve key users in testing and fit/gap analysis
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Infofin
and Client-site Project managers.
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Software
problems (functionality)
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Project
Manager, Project Leader
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Test
early. Apply patches within a plan.
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Infofin
Project Leader
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Scope
Creep
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Project
Manager
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Infofin
Project Manager
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Devise
a process, which includes an assessment of value and complete costs.
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Competition
for resources from other organizational projects and implementations.
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Project
Manager
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Client-site
Steering Committee
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Prioritize
resource requests
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Client-site
Steering Committee
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Changes
in external requirements resulting in scope changes
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Project
Manager,
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Client-site
Steering Committee, Infofin Steering group and Project Manager
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a)
Plan early.
b) Communicate to Infofin Project Manager the impact of scope changes
Recognize
as scope creep referring to project plan.
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Client-site
Steering Committee
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