RISK IDENTIFICATION

Inputs of Risk Identification Process:

1. Enterprise Environmental Factors - Published information, including commercial databases, academic studies, benchmarking, or other industry studies, may also be useful in identifying risks.
2. Organizational Process Assets - Information on prior projects may be available from previous project files, including actual data and lessons learned.
3. Project Scope Statement - Uncertainty in project assumptions should be evaluated as potential causes of project risk.
4. Risk Management Plan
5. Project Management Plan

Tools and Techniques used in Risk Identification:

1. Documentation Reviews
2. Information Gathering Techniques like Brainstorming,  technique, Interviewing, Root cause identification, Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) analysis
3. Checklist Analysis - Risk identification checklists can be developed based on historical information
4. Assumptions Analysis
5. Diagramming Techniques like Cause-and-effect diagrams, System or process flow charts, Influence diagrams