Analysis of Impartial Implementation in Practice of Risk Identification in Technical Projects
Publication: ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems, Part A: Civil Engineering
Volume 5, Issue 3
Abstract
Risk identification in the case of technical projects is an issue that has been extensively studied in many previous research efforts; however, a thorough study of the respective literature clearly reveals a methodological and application gap between research and practice, which is further increased by a wide discrepancy of definitions and procedures applied. This paper proposes the consideration of risk sources in the risk identification process as a means to bridge the identified gap and reduce discrepancy. The paper presents the results of the processing and analysis of real projects’ risk data through unstructured interviews with the experts who provided the data, and examines their correlation with a comprehensive risk sources checklist drawn from previous research. The results of this cross-checking clearly highlighted the extensive misconceptions of the related terms and notions in practice (e.g., what is perceived as risk identification is actually risk source identification), as well as the partial implementation of procedures that reflects a similar partial approach to technical project risk analysis in practice (e.g., the risk sources actually identified are fewer than those that could be identified through a holistic approach to technical project risk analysis). These results draw attention to the need for more-focused risk source–related research, because the new paradigm shift in technical project risk analysis highlights the importance of risk sources.
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Acknowledgments
The authors warmly acknowledge the invested time and cooperation of all the experts who participated in the unstructured interviews.
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Volume 5 • Issue 3 • September 2019
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Received: Aug 23, 2018
Accepted: Jan 14, 2019
Published online: Jun 28, 2019
Published in print: Sep 1, 2019
Discussion open until: Nov 28, 2019
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