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Risk Management

In this chapter, we’ll discuss the risk management process and the type of risks that a TPM may deal with in a technology landscape. We’ll dive into the risk assessment process in greater detail and see how to successfully catalog project and program risks and methods to reduce or remove their impact.

We’ll dive into risk management by covering the following topics:

  • Driving clarity in risk assessment
  • Managing risks in a technology landscape
  • Exploring the differences between a project and a program

Driving clarity in risk assessment

During the introduction to driving clarity in Chapter 4, we discussed the cyclical relationship between project planning and risk assessment. Now, we’ll drive clarity in terms of what risk assessment ...

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