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Risk Management Matrix - High Probability, High Impact

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Figure 8: Risk identification classification

External Unpredictable External Predictable Internal Nontechnical Technical Legal
  • Regulatory
  • Natural Hazards
  • Postulated events
  • Market risks
  • Operational
  • Environmental impacts
  • Social
  • Inflation
  • Management
  • Schedule
  • Cost
  • Cash flow
  • Changes in technology
  • Performance
  • Risk specific to technology
  • Design
  • Licenses
  • Contractual
  • Third-party suit
  • Force majeure

Figure 8. Risk identification classification (adapted from Project and Program Risk Management: A Guide to Managing Project Risks, Wideman 1992).

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