Artificial Intelligence (AI) has made its way into nearly every industry, and professional project management is no exception. As a leading AI language model, ChatGPT has been instrumental in revolutionizing project management practices across various sectors. In this article, we will delve into how ChatGPT and AI, in general, can help enhance the professional project management process based on the Project Management Institute’s (PMI) Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) knowledge areas.
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Implement Risk Response
The process of Implementing Risk Responses is the process of planning and implementing actions and plans in response to project risks. The purpose of this process is to ensure that each of the identified risks on the Risk Register has appropriate actions or plans to mitigate or avoid a risk before it happens or to provide a response when a risk occurs and turns into a project issue.
The idea is to reduce the exposure to risks in the project and minimise threats to the delivery in terms of time, cost or quality.
The inputs to the process are primarily the Risk Register and Assumptions Log but can also be the Lessons Learnt Register. The risks should be sorted into those which present the biggest threat to the project and a process of deciding how to respond to the risk is then undertaken.
The Risk Response Process is used throughout the project lifecycle from the time that the risks are first identified and reviewed regularly to include new risks and also ensure that the response to existing risks remains relevant.
Deciding on a response to a risk utilises several project management techniques including input from experts in the risk topic, project team members and lessons learnt from previous projects. In some cases, a valid risk response could be to ignore or defer the response if it isn’t a significant risk to the project.
Responses can also be proactive and deal with the risk now, undertaking some activities to prevent or minimise the impact of it. In other cases, a risk response plan will only be executed as and when the risk materialises on the project. For some risks, there may be more than one risk response.
The results of the Risk Response Process should be documented in the project Risk Register. Depending on the response plan, Change Requests can be issued and updates to the project plan are made to reflect the Risk Response activities.
Benefits Management Plan
The Benefits Management plan will describe how the benefits of the project will be delivered and when they will be delivered. The purpose of undertaking any project is to provide some type of benefit as a result of delivering the products of the project. The types of benefit are variable and there can be several types of benefit for a project, here are some examples:
- Reducing business costs through the automation of a process
- Increasing the sales of a business with new or improved products
- Meeting the requirements of a legislative or regulatory matter
Benefits can be broadly categorised as tangible and intangible benefits. A tangible benefit is something that can be measured, for example, a reduction in operating costs. An intangible benefit is something that cannot be measured accurately, although the effects of this benefit can be seen, for example, brand awareness.
The inputs to the Benefits Management Plan come from the Business Case for the project, which should detail the actual benefits that are expected of the project in order to justify the project.
In order to measure the delivery of some benefits such as cost reduction, a baseline study of the current costs within the business is needed so that a comparison can be made following the delivery of the project.
The Benefits Management Plan itself will contain the following key items:
- A description of the benefit that is expected to be delivered
- A schedule for delivering the benefits
- The owner of the benefits
- How the benefit will be measured including baseline measures if appropriate
- Assumptions and risks considered in determining the benefit
The Benefits Management Plan will be reviewed regularly throughout the project to ensure that the declared benefits are still on track for delivery. Some benefits are delivered over a period of time long after the project delivery so the tracking and measurement in the plan may extend beyond the completion of the project, and in this case, the owner of the benefits will continue to track throughout this period.
Risk Reassessment
Risk reassessment in project management involves identifying new risks and reassessing current ones. It is also involved in closing risks that are outdated and no longer threatening to the project.
This particular project management tool is used in controlling the risks. Regularly creating a schedule for the risk reassessment to determine the kinds of risks present within the project can help project managers identify and control the risks. The number of repetitions of the reassessment also depends on the progress of the project in relation to its objectives.
Most of the work involved in controlling risk is risk reassessment. The project manager needs to have a list of the risk register to be thoroughly reviewed by the risk management team.
There are common actions taken during this particular risk management process. Identifying new risks and analyzing their impact on the project is an important action. This will help the organization develop a risk response plan to mitigate the effects of the risk. It is also involved in identifying risk triggers that have occurred to help develop a contingency plan.
Keeping an updated risk register is an important element in risk reassessment.
This term is defined in the 5th edition of the PMBOK.
Risk Data Quality Assessment
The risk data quality assessment is a project management technique that is used to evaluate the level or degree to which data about risks is necessary for risk management. This technique also involves analyzing the dress which the risk is understood. It also looks into the accuracy, reliability, quality and integrity of the data concerning the risk.
This project management tool focuses on ensuring that the information being used in performing the risk analysis is credible and unbiased. It works on the premise that if the quality and credibility of the information cannot be trusted, how can the findings be reliable?
The risk data quality assessment evaluates the information by asking if the data is credible, of high quality, accurate and understood properly. Not evaluating the credibility of the information or data can often lead to an incorrect analysis that can make the project activities highly susceptible to risks.
If the information is not reliable, then fixing it is far less costly compared to the impact of risks if it materializes. These are the reasons why the risk data quality assessment is often employed in project management planning.
This term is defined in the 5th edition of the PMBOK.