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A major risk that took my team members and I by surprise was the time when we were preparing to have a consultative meeting in one of the provinces in my country. Due to the Coronavirus pandemic all the plans we made for the project was canceled indefinitely because our country was under lock down. This experience taught me to always take note of negative assumptions/ risks that can occur before or during project implementation. Because of this experience, I take take this time as an opportunity to share to my fellow leaners that they have to take note of risks during preparation of an M & E Plan that can occur not just during project implementation but also before project implementation. This can help deal with the risk without stressing.

I think this is a very important part of the project circle, this module has help me to eliminate any form of biasness and checking for every possible risk and avoid assumptions which may come up
as a result of planning the project.

As you plan to monitor the progress of a project and evaluate the final outcome, it is imperative to outline the possible factors that can distort your plan. These factors are known as risk. Risk usually contradict the assumptions and identifying them and preparing for them is significant

Risks and assumptions are important to build a complete log frame.

Risks are elements which you have no control over and assumptions are your beliefs for which there is no evidence.

Formative research is helpful in identifying risks and assumptions.

I think this is a very important part of the project circle, this module has help me to eliminate any form of biasness and checking for every possible risk and avoid assumptions which may come up
as a result of planning the project.

Unrealistic target Target are those that do not really represent what's on the ground. In sense that it might be set too high or too low and one might end up making decisions that won't help at the end of the day
Or if we use our assumptions/feeling when setting targets

It has been great so far as I'm learning how to make an effective log frame, risk and assumption.

Risks and assumptions is a very important part of design stage. you miss identifying all the risks and the project is bound to fail at some point.

Hello, is the risk categorical?
Is it possible we can group the risk that might result from each specific level?
Is there a certain point at which we can withdraw the project due to risk forces?

Hello, is the risk categorical?
Is it possible we can group the risk that might result from each specific level?
Is there a certain point at which we can withdraw the project due to risk forces?

This is something to learn from🤔

Some research suggest that mostly, every risk can be avoided bu diversification. This may apply as other alternative means and approches can substitute the risky one.

From what I have learnt from this module, it is very important to identify the risks and assumptions that may affect the project because this is one of the factors that will guide in making informed decisions that will ensure proper progress of the project.

From what I have learnt from this module, it is very important to identify the risks and assumptions that may affect the project because this is one of the factors that will guide in making informed decisions that will ensure proper progress of the project.

this risk and assumptions are the one that are there to show as if the project fails what is the outcomes of that failure , so it gives as the results of what will happen list item if the project fails

This will also help as to find possible solutions of the risks that can occur during the project

Risk and Assumption factor should be consider carefully for the initial project designing and successful implementation of the project. Some time due to uncertain risk like the Covid-19 pandemic will causes lots of distraction to your project. So if we can anticipated the risk and assumption well from the beginning then we can able to mitigate the risk with various solutions and means.

The main difference between an assumption and a risk is that when we make an assumption, we expect that assumption will happen. If the assumption doesn’t happen then the project is negatively affected. With a risk we anticipate that the risk might happen and thus negatively impact our project. If the risk doesn’t materialize then the project will benefit. So in affect we can think of assumptions as almost being the opposite of risks (assumption happens = project ok versus risk happens = project not ok)

Risk and assumptions should be highlighted at the project design level.
This is because it will provide a wider view of the project implementation.
Risk and assumptions should not only come from implementors but also beneficiaries and other like minded stakeholders .

Covid-19 pandemic is one of the risk that took place and the guidlines exposed the assumptions we never took into consideration.
My team is implementing a project to reduce HIV infections among Adolescents Girls and Young women and because of the guidelines we cannot continue with the normal outreached but we are forced to conduct virtual outreach.

In this module I have learnt to be including space for Biological hazards in my future project risks& assumptions ,the Covid-19 guidlines has made us to shifts our outreaches to virtual space and if all beneficiaries can access a stable internet is another challenge and yes we had to request for an addendum to cater for the new budget.I hope to hear and learn from my dear colleagues.

Risks and assumptions are something which is uncontrolled by you. And some scholars define assumption as a bias because of it's all about your beliefs without no more evidence and can either be right or wrong.
Risks can prevent you to reach your goals about that project or making you delay. That can decrease your reputation.

By the way both of Risks and Assumptions are part of logical Frame and they are written last column from left to right, to give more details about the barriers of that project to eliminate or make other plan which can be wall it from you.

Actually that is true and all of us we have take care. By the way the entire world is a project and the barriers on it like being sick, poor an an uneducated parson are risks.

It's all about as you said, and further information is it's the fist essential part of your logFrame. Before starting your project's LogFrame you have to make problem tree to know your risks.

It’s important to note that moving from one growth stage to another does not happen easily, so do not be alarmed if you do not see results immediately.

They say,' Assumption is not the best experiment''.... Again, '' Being successful needs you to take risks''

Some risks my not be known to you at the beginning of the project, Is it possible to add more risk and assumptions during the project implementaion?

some of the risks and assumptions could be out of our league like we know what the risks and assumptions are in quite well and still we can't find the ways how to solve them in the proper ways. what should we do if we were in that situation, calling the experts for the problems that we facing or just pass them out.

Risks are elements or factors that can negatively affect our project. They can affect inputs, outputs, results as well as impacts. That is why it is important to make your identification and pre-analyze.
We put our beliefs and / or expectations into analysis.
At what point in the M&A plan are strategies designed to respond to risks and assumptions?
Because if the risks are identified it is important to show the donor and other stakeholders about how the project plans to circumvent or resolve them.

Risks and assumptions are the things that hinder the success of a project. They need to be seriously taken into consideration as they can potentially disrupt the project flow. Risks may be within or beyond the control of the project implementor. There's is no evidence on assumptions that one can make. Risks and assumptions should be looked into during the project monitoring phase as well as at the evaluation phase

I think the major things to consider in logflow is input, output, outcome and impact which comes with two statements that's if and then in order to bring an impact

I think the major things to consider in logflow is input, output, outcome and impact which comes with two statements that's if and then in order to bring an impact. Also knowing risk of your project is very important this will help u to determine which ways to deal with it.

I can't find any risk here, who is supposed to initiate a discussion?

Risk and assumptions are important parts of the log frame. Risks are the impediments that are faced by people during project execution and they usually cause a project to fail, for example, money set aside for the project may be diverted to something else different from original planned use, this results in the failure of the projects. Assumptions are usually the beliefs that people have when carrying out projects and those beliefs are not backed by evidence. Usually assumptions are crafted by thinking the what if analysis on given attribute of a project. It is therefore important to have an insight on the risk and assumptions before a project starts so as to have enough platform to adjust or change events pertaining the project.

Risk and assumptions are important parts of the log frame. Risks are the impediments that are faced by people during project execution and they usually cause a project to fail, for example, money set aside for the project may be diverted to something else different from original planned use, this results in the failure of the projects. Assumptions are usually the beliefs that people have when carrying out projects and those beliefs are not backed by evidence. Usually assumptions are crafted by thinking the what if analysis on given attribute of a project. It is therefore important to have an insight on the risk and assumptions before a project starts so as to have enough platform to adjust or change events pertaining the project.

anticipating risks allows us to protect ourselves and find solutions before problems arise.
By releasing hypotheses, this allows us to protect ourselves against the isks that could block our project

By releasing hypotheses, this allows us to protect ourselves against the isks that could block our project
Is risk analysis a crucial step for a project to be successful? this is why it is important to be able to pose relevant hypotheses in order to guard against possible dangers.

I have one question it is possible to avoid all the risks?

I now understand how important it is to make consider all possible risks and make calculated assumptions

risks and assumption helps the project to make structured plan and take precautions in tailoring towards the impart

Risk can be most generally defined as a diversion of the course of events from the expected ones. The risk stands for the probability of a lack of success in terms of the actions taken. It should be associated mostly with the measure of deviation from the pre-planned values. It is usually defined as the probability of those deviations. Attempts at its parametrization refer to the estimation of the probability of achieving the objectives of the planned actions and the effects of the failure to accomplish them, expressed in physical or financial units.
While project assumption, A Project Assumption is believed to be true either through Experience or high-level Historical Data. A Project Assumption is stated without any empirical evidence. All Project Assumptions are potential risks. Assumption Analysis is one of the important techniques for Risk Identification. Project Assumptions should be well Documented and well Communicated. Poor Communication of Project Assumptions can, sometimes, lead to Project Failure. Project Assumptions can be documented in any formal Document but preferably they should be documented in a separate Project Assumptions Log. Bigger Project Assumptions must be Validated with other Stakeholders.

Interesting observation and fully agree with you Emma Eval. Many thanks for sharing.

I can relate to your Covid-19 risk experienced - In my case, I went to change targets so that our team on the ground can be able to reach realistic targets - in which we have to decrease our targets at least by 50% in order to attainable. Furthermore, during such time (lockdown) - we introduced lot of digital reporting and automation and digitalised program interventions.

Assumptions are the unproven connections between levels in a design hierarchy, theory of change, or the project context.

Within the logic framework approach to project design, however, risk is formulated as the negative assumptions behind, or the facts of, the project including the interaction between context conditions and the project

it is important to take care of risks and assumptions in any project's log frame so as to avoid possible collapse of the logframe

I now understand how important it is to make consider all possible risks and make calculated assumptions

Risk and assumption helps to be very prepared and taking into consideration factors that may be a hindrance to the project and how best to avoid them

To identify risks and assumptions, it is important to examine the past activities of the project and collaborate with the beneficiaries to highlight areas that may not perform as expected.

Risks and assumptions are really important. I think it makes times for Plan B.

Risks and assumptions are really important. I think it makes times for Plan B.

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Until I took this module I never thought of risks and assumptions in my project. However, this is a good thing to think about in order to put in preventative measures during project implementation. Considering the risk and assumptions of your project(s) puts you a step ahead of your work

Risks and Assumptions of a project are a very critical elements of our Project design document . Risks are factors outside of our control that might negetively affect to result a poor performance , while, Assumptions are things we belive in our thoughts but that are not truely tangible in reality which makes our thoughts biases. Looking for risks and assumptions is a powerful way to escape your biases. Identifying the possible Risks and Assumptions of the Project during the Project design process is a crucial step to get the proper input for M & E plan preparation.

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From my understanding of Risks and Assumptions, risks are the things that might distrup the Activities that will lead achieving the desired impact. While assumptions are biases without enough evidence.

Risks are things that you are not sure that will happen

Risks and Assumptions are the facts that can go wrong in any phase of Logical Framework .

When considering risk and assumptions, there might be enough time and expert idea are required to get well done. There is also unnecessary risk and assumptions can be taken.

Risks are events that may have a negative impact on the project while assumptions describe the situations, events, conditions or decisions which are necessary for the success of the project, but which are largely or completely beyond the control of the project's management

Yes Wiza it is possible to group the risk in every stage.Because most of the risk will possibly occur at different point in time.That is the reason you have to group them so that when it occurs,you will be able to curb the challenges.

Will the project have enough money to give to the girls at the province
Will the girls start the project
Will the family members of the girls allow them to start the business

These are situations that might affect the attainment of a goal or objective

Risks are activities that can affect the progress of the project.

Assumptions are events that are believed to happen, but have no evidence to prove.

When considering risk and assumptions, there might be enough time and expert idea are required to get well done. There is also unnecessary risk and assumptions can be taken.

Writing your project summary as series of if/then statements will help you spot risks and assumptions. For example, after we read this if/then statement we can ask:
• What type of knowledge will help you perform better on job applications?
• Is knowledge enough to help you perform better on job applications?

Writing your project summary as series of if/then statements will help you spot risks and assumptions. For example, after we read this if/then statement we can ask:
•

Risk and Assumptions taught me to always take note of negative assumptions/ risks that can occur before or during project implementation. Because of this experience, I take take this time as an opportunity to share to my fellow leaners that they have to take note of risks during preparation of an M & E Plan that can occur not just during project implementation but also before project implementation. This can help deal with the risk without stressing.

These are situations that might affect the attainment of a goal or objective

What should be done in the case where the risks and assumptions are more in a project?

Unrealistic target are unachievable goals...
A goal is unrealistic when the goal is something that requires more energy, skills, talents, and time than you have available in order to achieve it. ... unrealistic goal may be one that is not in alignment with your own greatest gifts and talents

Unrealistic target are unachievable goals...
A goal is unrealistic when the goal is something that requires more energy, skills, talents, and time than you have available in order to achieve it. ... unrealistic goal may be one that is not in alignment with your own greatest gifts and talents