Implement Risk Responses
Implement Risk Responses is the process of executing the agreed-upon risk response plans. It ensures that risk responses are carried out as planned, with the goal of minimizing threats and maximizing opportunities.
Explanation
This process bridges the gap between planning risk responses and monitoring their effectiveness. Without it, even well-designed response plans may never be executed. The process focuses on ensuring that risk owners follow through on their assigned risk response actions and that the responses are integrated into the overall project work.
The primary input is the risk register with its documented response strategies, assigned owners, and action plans. The project manager tracks that responses are implemented on schedule and that the necessary resources are available. If a risk response cannot be implemented as planned, the team must develop alternative responses.
Implement Risk Responses was formally recognized as a separate process in the PMBOK Guide Sixth Edition. Previously, implementation was assumed to happen as part of other processes. Making it explicit emphasizes that planned responses require deliberate action, follow-through, and accountability.
Key Points
- •Ensures planned risk responses are actually executed
- •Formally added as a separate process in PMBOK Sixth Edition
- •Relies on risk owners to carry out assigned response actions
- •Bridges the gap between Plan Risk Responses and Monitor Risks
Exam Tip
Implement Risk Responses is about execution and follow-through. If a question describes a situation where risk responses were planned but never carried out, the answer points to a failure in this process.
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Related Topics
Plan Risk Responses
Plan Risk Responses is the process of developing options, selecting strategies, and agreeing on actions to address overall project risk exposure and to treat individual project risks.
Monitor Risks
Monitor Risks is the process of monitoring the implementation of agreed-upon risk response plans, tracking identified risks, identifying and analyzing new risks, and evaluating risk process effectiveness throughout the project.
Risk Register
The risk register is a project document that records the details of individual project risks, including their identification, analysis results, response plans, and current status.
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