Contingency resource curves (P3e)

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18 years 5 months

There are two types of contingencies for:



Known Unknowns - Risk events that u were aware of but cant be predicted. (Mostly environmental risks)



UNKNOWN UNKNOWNS - Which we never thought of



CONTINGENCY RESERVE for the Known Unknows are in-built into the activties or work packages, while MANAGEMENT RESERVES are planned for unknown unknowns.



Management reserves cannot be used by the project Manager.



Cheers,

Member for

18 years 6 months

I agree, contingency is money you keep under the matress for when a registered risk happens.

Member for

23 years

(IMHO) You should never plan to spend contingency, and it should therefore always be at the end of a plan.



Monies which are identified to specific Risks (as opposed to Contingency) should be allocated to the time period during which the risk is likely to occur.