05 Create a Risk Plan

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Create a Risk Plan
After an independent enquiry into the state of the rail
sector, the New State Government has decided to
upgrade the rail network in the local region. This
upgrade will provide local coastal communities with a
fast rail service, enabling more rail users to access the
rail network, more frequently and more cheaply than
before. This extensive project will enable an additional
500,000 users to access the rail network per day and it
will provide a major boost to the coastal economy,
population, employment and quality of life.
On June 7, the Department of Transportation
established a formal project to undertake this
extensive network upgrade, and shortly thereafter I
was appointed Project Manager. The project will result
in the:

Case Study Profile
Project Name:

Fast Rail Project

Project
Organization:

State
Government

Project Type:

Rail Network

Project Manager:

Robert Brown

Project Activity:

Create a Risk
Plan

This Case Study describes the Risk
Plan used within this project. The
project, people and organizations
described are purely fictional.

Reopening of several coastal rail lines
Linking of coastal towns to the metropolitan area
Re-development of the Main Street Station
Upgrade of the existing rail infrastructure
Creation of a new transit link to the airport
By providing a new fast rail link to coastal areas and upgrading the existing rail infrastructure, the
benefits will be realized:
Travel times on existing routes will be reduced
More train routes will be available for the public
A larger number of new users will be able to use the rail network
Rail users will have safer, more convenient, comfortable and affordable rail services
The Government will receive a substantial increase in rail patronage
The first step in this project will be to upgrade the existing rail infrastructure to handle train
speeds of at least 160 kilometers per hour. Next, we will upgrade the Main Street Station to
accommodate more rail users. We will then establish the coastal and airport high speed transit
links and refurbish and reopen old coastal stations. Not only will this project allow for faster
passenger services, but rolling stock services will also benefit from the new infrastructure.
This three-year engineering project will involve the coordination of a large number of suppliers to
construct the deliverables on time, within budget and to specification. As the overall Project
Manager, I initiated this project by documenting a Business Case, undertaking a Feasibility Study,
defining the Terms of Reference, recruiting a core team of skilled specialists and creating a Project
Office environment. I then created detailed project, resource, financial and quality plans to
provide the project team with a clear and unambiguous direction.
This three-year project was identified as high risk. With many political careers at stake, a
multitude of sizeable deliverables, and very tight timescales, the key to success for this project
resided in our ability to effectively manage the overall level of project risk.
To enlist help with setting out a plan for managing risk, I undertook a suite of Risk Workshops to
identify, categorize, and prioritize risks pertinent to this project. The following Risk Plan
summarizes the results of those risk workshops, by listing the key risks identified and the actions

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