Managing project risks : a case study from the utilities sector
By: ELKINGTON, Paul
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Contributor(s): SMALLMAN, Clive.
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ArticlePublisher: 2002Subject(s): Gestão de Projetos | Gestão de Risco | Utilities | Estudo de CasoInternational Journal of Project Management 20, 1, p. 49-57Abstract: We examine the project risk management practices in a British utility, which manages is information system and business change projects using the Prince 2TM method. This method has greatly increased the success rate of projects run within the company, but has little in the way of directing Project Managers in handling project risk. We review current project risk management literature. We then explore the current usage of risk management in the utility's projects, and determine the effect of risk management on project sucess. We conclude by outlining recommendations for improving projects run in the utility and elsehere
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We examine the project risk management practices in a British utility, which manages is information system and business change projects using the Prince 2TM method. This method has greatly increased the success rate of projects run within the company, but has little in the way of directing Project Managers in handling project risk. We review current project risk management literature. We then explore the current usage of risk management in the utility's projects, and determine the effect of risk management on project sucess. We conclude by outlining recommendations for improving projects run in the utility and elsehere
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