In the previous post (Managing Project Risk the PMI Way) we looked at some approaches to identifying uncertainties during the Initiation process group.  During Initiation, the project is dealt with more as a whole than at the level of the individual activities required to implement it.  In the Plan process group, which follows Initiation, the project is decomposed into a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)—the individual sets of tasks that will produce components of the product that is the goal of the project.  Continue reading →