Project Risk Management is a branch of the discipline of project management that deals with identifying and mitigating risk on a project. The desired outcome of risk management is to increase the probability and maximize the result of positive events. There are six steps to the project risk management process, and these steps are repeated over the course of the entire project.
Risk Management Planning-The process of analysis and decision making with regards to the best address, plan, and implement the risk management activities of a project.
Risk Identification- Assessment of the risk susceptibilities of a project and conveying their traits.
Qualitive Risk Analysis- The process by which risks on a given project are given ranking with regard to their potential occurrence and impact on a project.
Quantitive Risk Analysis- The numerical assessment of the impact of overall risk on a project.

Risk Response Planning-A phase of project management that concerns planning interventions to reduce the risk to a project when faced with an adverse event.
Risk Monitoring and Control-The dynamic and ongoing process of project risk management that notes risk occurrence, assesses the effect of risk, noting new risks, intervention with risk response plans, and assessing their outcomes across the duration of a project.
Risk management may involves the interaction of team members from other work groups to evaluate individual work packages and implement measures to reduce risk to the deliverables as a whole.
Risk is any element of uncertainty that may have a positive or negative impact upon project management such as time to completion, amount of resources, or cost.

This term is defined in the 3rd and the 4th edition of the PMBOK.

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