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This module shows how significant it is to work on Risks and assumptions before and during project designing and M & E planning.

It is very important to consider risks and assumptions during designing log-frames. But I wonder, are risks and assumptions mutually exclusive? should we put both or one is enough in the log-frame.

I understand. but my question is, is assuming one of them (risk or assumption) is enough to complete the log frame? or should we consider both?

Beneficiaries might not have the basics entrepreneurs skills
Might not want to learn new skills
Not interested in the training
Not having enough number or knowledge expertise (trainers)

Risks and assumptions are critical in project implementation such that may help you to overcome unforeseen circumstance that will likely disrupt the objectives that have set aside whilst assumptions are statements that lack evidence but very critical in dealing with risks that one can anticipate during project implementation. For example, one could be implementing a nutrition emphasizing on supplementing with underweight children with therapeutic foods and one risk could that there can be stock of the therapeutic foods can run out. With this risk project implementers will plan on how to ensure constant supply of therapeutic foods.

I don't see a question here.

The hypotheses are in a way our compass that allows us to check at the end of our program if the expected result is reached

1)It helps to track the progress of the project

2. It helps to assess the impact of the project to the beneficiaries, community and other stakeholders
   3)It helps to detect the mistakes and enable to correct them before they become so worse,
3. It helps to make comparisons between what is being implemented/achieved and what have been planned for effective and efficient resources utilization as well as time management.

After analytically read the notes regarding the importance of an M&E, I clearly find that its importance can be explained in the following reasons:

-It helps to assess if the implementation of the activities has been in conformity with the plans and budgets, assess what have been challenges, what re the lessons learnt, what is the impact of the project and what is the way forward after the project phase out.

I don't see a question here.

All things that might disrupt the plan, meaning that risks are the things outside of your control while assumptions are biases that someone believe without much evidence.

It is important to identify risks and assumptions before the project starts

Yes, I agree with you. It is that.

As much as input is important during project then risk and assumptions should also be considered important. Taking risks and assumptions into consideration during a project gives the organisation an alternative root to take.

Very necessary

Is someone there?

Identifying risks and assumptions serves to assess whether the Goals and Activities proposed are realistic and achievable in the given time frame and within the given available human and financial resources.
In this context, a risk is defined as an uncertain threat that, in case of occurring, could have a negative impact in the completion of the Goal or Activity. An assumption, on the other side, is the necessary condition that will enable the successful completion of the Goal or Activity.
In order to avoid repetition and redundancy, risks and assumptions should be defined at two levels: general and specific level.

In each project, there should be an expected risks, but the ones who don't expect are the ones that are the most challenging.

Risks and assumptions need to be highly considered as they constitute as elements or aspects that can ruin or demolish a project. It important to draw up possible risks and assumptions. This furthermore allows the company or organization responsible for the project can be prepared to take on such challenges in order for the success of the project at large.

Risks and assumptions are important elements to consider when developing a project's logical framework. They make it possible to anticipate solutions to any problems that may arise in the execution of the project.

I was a little bit confused as to which information to put in the risk/assumption column: the risks or the assumptions. In previous instances, I see people write the assumptions and follow the logic of, for example, if the activity is done and the assumption holds true, then the output will be achieved. However, in this course work the risks are written in the risk/assumption column. I have come to understand that the assumptions are the opposite of the risks and vice-versa. So from the risks provided, you can tell what the assumption for that level is and vice-versa, and as such any one of them can be written in that column.

The Risks are the things outside of your control that might disrupt your plan. Meanwhile Assumptions are your biases: the things that you believe without much evidence.

I was a little bit confused as to which information to put in the risk/assumption column: the risks or the assumptions. In previous instances, I see people write the assumptions and follow the logic of, for example, if the activity is done and the assumption holds true, then the output will be achieved. However, in this course work the risks are written in the risk/assumption column. I have come to understand that the assumptions are the opposite of the risks and vice-versa. So from the risks provided, you can tell what the assumption for that level is and vice-versa, and as such any one of them can be written in that column.

Sometimes you will be able to, but some risks are unavoidable. This may make or break the reality of the program's existence.

Knowing or identifying risks and assumptions is very important for an M&E expert.This helps to prepare and formulate strategies to address them.I believe that if risks and assumptions are not addressed then the project is bound to fail.It is therefore mportant to identify and confront risks and assumptions for the success of the project.

Thank you very much for this module on risk and assumption. With this in mind, failure to identify risks and assumptions before and during the planning phase of the project is closer to planning to fail.
I have a small concern, please. When we attribute targets and budgets to activities in our logframes, are we also supposed to budget for the money we might use to mitigate risks during the implementation of our project?. Given the fact that some unforeseen circumstances might arise and requires some money

Identifying risks and assumptions helps us to deal with them.Risks and assumptions are a threat to any project. Dealing with them is always the best to ensure progress.

Powerful point,i agree

Important points,i agree

Very powerful points,i will take that into consideration before embarking on any project.

risk and assumption are very key to the development of project.

Risk and Assumptions are very important as they can prime one up to look at certain factors that may affect the logical flow during project implementation. They provide light on areas that may be overlook such as culture, perception etc

Identifying risks is a very important aspect of the project that helps the project prevent loopholes while identifying assumptions helps us deal with natural biases the project implementers might have.

MEH project faces a number of risks. These might include people not taking loans or taking them and misusing them. There is also no guarantee that the project's desired impact will be achieved even if funds are taken and used correctly!

I really found this section of "Risk and Assumption" useful for I learned how to identify possible risks that might distrupt my project ;and by so doing, I can be able to provide alternatives to the possible risks with a view to have a successful project.
Thank you.

Is it possible for a project not to have a risk, there might be assumptions.

Risk and assumptions in planning an M and E are the benefits of doubt that you give to the success of a project, they answer the question "what if it doesn't? They are the probability of the project not succeeding.
To me I think risk and assumption can help me identify how to handle my project when it comes to the worst case scenario, it will also help me identify the probability of the project success,in case of many risks the that wont be the best project .

This is a very important part of a project because it acts as a guide to a successful project, see in everything it is ideal to always do cost benefit analysis, find if the achievement will be greater than the losses then it is something worth spending energy on.

You are right

And due to their failing business they might hinder the project, they won't be able to repay their loans back.the project will fail

Studying the understanding of unexpected events, assuming events from within us and presenting them to the beneficiaries to see if it is possible and anticipating any emergency circumstance, whatever its impact on the mechanism of the project’s progress

Risks and assumptions are a critical part of the logframe as they help the team to envisage drawbacks that can delay or even affect the successful implementation of the project and strategically plan ways to overcome them.

a good realization for the project that you are doing.

Often times the risk as perceived in a planned project is worth adjusting the entire log frame, from inputs(when your promising source is affected or reduced), the output is affected as it will no longer come out as expected and to the rest of the stages. As one leads to another. I am just getting to know that now. thank for the knowledge gained thus far

A risk is defined as an uncertain threat that, in case of occurring, could have a negative impact in the completion of the Goal or Activity. An assumption, on the other side, is the necessary condition that will enable the successful completion of the Goal or Activity.

To my thinking you should consider both for they go hand in hand.

yes , i would like to have a dicussion on risks and assumptions

i also think that, risks and assumptions present in the logframe are the best way to carry on with the project effectively. this aspect give me an insight on the challenges that may occur and what should be done. identification of risks is really a booster along the assumptions. i have learn a lot on this module ,particularly on this topic logframe.

i would want to say it is almost or is the heart of M&E in a project

I'd believe that detecting the risks and the assumptions of your project would not only help you monitor and evaluate the project, but it would also pave the way for a smooth success implementing each phase of the project design. For my project, the risk and assumptions I have on the impact are as the following: 1- Will students be willing to get involved in a bit long process of education? 2- Will their parents allow them participate in the program? For the inputs, Will there be enough money? Can I successfully get a spacious place for the number I am planning to get?
For the output, What will perturb them? Will they last for the entire period of time? For the outcomes, Will they like to help their families with their knowledge? Will they practice and gain greater practices?

I'd believe that detecting the risks and the assumptions of your project would not only help you monitor and evaluate the project, but it would also pave the way for a smooth success implementing each phase of the project design. For my project, the risk and assumptions I have on the impact are as the following: 1- Will students be willing to get involved in a bit long process of education? 2- Will their parents allow them participate in the program? For the inputs, Will there be enough money? Can I successfully get a spacious place for the number I am planning to get?
For the output, What will perturb them? Will they last for the entire period of time? For the outcomes, Will they like to help their families with their knowledge? Will they practice and gain greater practices?

Totally agree.

Risks and assumptions are external factors that the project has little control over but have an impact on the project's activities and results. Identifying risks and assumptions helps to assess whether the goals and activities of a project are realistic and achievable over a given time. A risk is an uncertain threat that if it occurs, could have a negative impact in completion of an activity. Assumptions are necessary conditions that enable successful completion of a project.

Risks are likely problems that may be encountered during project implementation, and assumptions are individual biases one have about the project that is not supported by evidence
Unrealistic targets are targets that project team cannot realize. In other words, these are targets that can be considered unachievable given varying circumstances and situations

Planning for and identifying risks and assumptions in an M&E plan ensures that there are no unnecessary delays or that delays are minimal during implementations as the plan often also stipulates what is to be done in the event of any of the identified risks and assumptions occuring.

risks are things which are outside control to our project and can fail your project and assumptions are things which we don't have evidences

In this context, a risk is defined as an uncertain threat that, in case of occurring, could have a negative impact in the completion of the goal or an activity. An assumption, on the other side, is the necessary condition that will enable the successful completion of the goal or an activity.

The risks and assumptions column of a logframe lists all the things that might disrupt your plan. For each level of the logframe i.e; Inputs, outputs, outcome and impact a question is asked on how one can go wrong.

In this context, a risk is defined as an uncertain threat that, in case of occurring, could have a negative impact in the completion of the goal or an activity. An assumption, on the other side, is the necessary condition that will enable the successful completion of the goal or an activity.

The risks and assumptions column of a logframe lists all the things that might distrupt your plan.For each level of the logframe i.e; Inputs, outputs, outcome and impact a question is asked on how one can go wrong.

Risks are things outside your control that might disrupt the project plans. As a good M&E risks should be considered and also an escape route should be provided.
Assumptions are your biases: the things that you belief without much evidence.

Risks and assumptions can be a great help in a project for you to know how would you change the plans you have in the project

Risks and assumptions can be a great help in a project for you to know how would you change the plans you have in the project

I especially liked the content of the course

Risk and assumption are more related to contextual issues including internal and external factors that affect and influence the running of the project, and the final impact.

Risk and assumption have to be minimize through creating a strong project design which can strongly be linked the Monitoring and Evaluation plan. Risk and assumption can be minimize through proper understanding of the logframe.

Risk and assumption is a very tricky aspect of any research. But I think if you have a proper understanding of log activities it will be easier for you you to formulate your risk and assumptions basically the basis of risk and assumption is questioning your project design.

Hi! I am Tami and I enrolled in this course to study M&E field. I have a question related to 'Risks and Assumptions' topic. It is: how far the risks should go? Do they refer to corruption in the country and political issues to?

Risks and Assumptions for project MEH.
I ldentified the following risks and assumptions.
-Girls might not want to start businesses or upgrade business
-Girls might be discouraged from starting businesses or upgrading business by their family or culture
-Girls might not know how to start or upgrade business
-The girls business might not make money.

I will try to examine the following monitoring questions;
-Is the money for microloans enough?
-How well does the input lead to the output?
-How well does the output lead to the outcome?
-Which risk or assumption is hurting the project?
Some of the evaluation questions will be;
-Do the inputs produce enough outputs and outcomes?
-How well did the project create an impact?
-Did any risk or assumption hurt the project?
-Were there any unexpected risks or assumptions?

Risks and Assumptions is when you planing an actitivies ( workshops) to implement on your project, and you share it with your work mate and he or she try to ask you how u intended getting Participant's for that workshop and start to give you some dissatisfying advises like how will you get the participants and if you get them you think they will not request for money before turning up for this training.

Risk are those things outside of our control that might interrupt our plan project meanwhile Assumptions are your biases those things that you believe without much evidence.It is advisable to think of your risk and assumptions before you start any project so that the limitations can be either controlled or managed.

Risk and assumptions play a huge role in a project design, it is important to come to terms with possible things that could go wrong during any project implementation. After identifying the risk and assumptions, you can now work on how to overcome them.

In this context, a risk is defined as an uncertain threat that, in case of occurring, could have a negative impact in the completion of the Goal or Activity. An assumption, on the other side, is the necessary condition that will enable the successful completion of the Goal or Activity.

The risk is meeting people you don't know, they might be dangerous some time.
The assumption is that, you might not get the target money you are expecting to have

risk and assumptions

The risks are that the girls might get the loan get the loan and they fail to develop, upgrade or to start a business their by they night fail to pay back the loan.
The assumption is that their might to much anticipating and at the end of the day the day the girls might not get the into business finding what they anticipated for

The Programme may not get enough funding and also some persons may just join the Programme to collect the stipend.

Risk and assumptions, I've noticed if not well considered can cause a project to have little impact. Any tips on how to identify assumptions before project implementation

Any project will have a risk if the project design did not conduct a proper baseline survey on what type of groups is targeted to benefit from the project.However, the project can have a risk if the project implement failed to choose good indicators which they will to measure the achievement of the project.Then,the project can have an assumption on how they reduce those risk by ensuring before they start the project should conduct a research to understand the nature of a certain place for example MEH they failed to provide micro-loans to girls because they do not gave clear picture what they need to do and what the girls groups need.

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• it is important to find riks and assumptions for a project before project implementation starts.

• Project summary helps to spot risks and assumptions.

• the risks and assumptions tell you clearly where the project can go wrong

• finding risks and assumptions before project implementation enables you to respond to them before and during project design phase in a process called formative research

• knowing risks and assumptions can be a powerful way to avoid bias

Are risks not assumptions if no evidence is found?

Risk and assumption can never be discounted in any project that's because any project will always have its risk and assumptions. Therefore, it is the work of an M&E expert to look deeply into this things without biasness to ensure effectivenesss of the project.

risks and assumptions help us get rid of bias so that we are able to to act on facts and enhance the effectiveness of the project. It also helps in making future decisions on similar projects

Risks are things that expected to happen in a project and them happening results in unexpected results while assumptions are our beliefs in something yet there is no evidence to back us up.
It is important though to understand risks and assumptions and to cater for them as they help us make right and informed decisions

The Global Project Assessment tools like SWOT, PESTEL was adapted and used to carry out review and its environment, including an assessment of the community needs, the gaps and documentation of good practice for project implementation.

Identifying the risks and assumptions may seem easy, but there is more to it than meets the eye. The Results Based Management approach puts a lot of attention to this aspect.

The 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.

An easy way to check weather your risks and assumption make sense is to look at the activities row and follow there logic.

Quelle différence Y-a-t-il entre les risques et les hypothèses ?

The topics in Module are very important for ensuring the the project is prepared to handle identified risks by monitoring the status of identified risks. Because risks are out of the control of the project, it important to carefully consider how the project could be affect by which risks and have plan in place to monitor the degree of severity for each identified risk. thinking through and setting an early warning system for risks can help the project deal with risks. Assumption on the hand needs to clearly identified as such could also turn into risk. Assumptions about important aspects of the project such as beneficiaries adapting new skills or using new technology should be monitored and reassessed frequently to ensure that it is relevant or valid for the stage of the project.

The two topics are very crucial to the healthy delivery of the project.

Risks are uncertainties or unexpected events that you encounter during a project and can affect your project directly. Assumptions are factors that are considered to be true real or certain but without empirical proof or demonstration. In project planning, it is a must to make assumptions. Every level of your log frame has its own risk and assumptions so we need to indicate them on every level of the log frame. Listing risks and assumptions is very important because you can respond effectively when challenges emerge and require interventions. It also serves to assess whether the goals and activities proposed are realistic and achievable.

Great source of templates and knowledge. It really helped to refresh my memory with the logframe and IF - THEN chain.

Risk and assumptions are what disrupts your project plan in the log frame column. For example;

1. Impact
2. Outcomes
3. Outputs
4. Inputs
   When risk and assumptions are involved all these are affected. That’s when the if/then statement comes in. For example a woman want to give her husband a romantic welcome surprise from his business trip. Questions will just come in
5. What if he had a bad business trip?
6. What if he’s coming with colleagues?
   Assumptions is d other way round. Believing on something without evidence is an assumption.

Risks and assumptions are external factors over which the project has little control, but which may impact project activities and results and maybe connected to events, contexts or community beliefs. Identifying risks and assumptions helps an organization prepare for potential challenges in meeting the program goal as well as determining if a program redesign would be beneficial. For example, if an assumption highlights that a community may be unwilling to accept the activity, it may be necessary to redesign the program.

Studying the risks of a project is important, as it helps to identify possible problems that the project may have during its implementation, and helps to measure the probability of the project's success.

The identification of risks and assumptions helps to assess whether the proposed objectives and activities are realistic and achievable within a given time frame and with the support of the human and financial resources involved.

Risks are factors outside one's control that could cause a project to go poorly
Assumptions are things that one believes but are not supported by evidence

The main risk WE may this is the farmers opposition to using the local sheep claiming it is not economically beneficial.
An assumption could be that they could just get the money and and use it for other purposes like buying good for their families or other types of sheep

Identifying risks and assumptions serves to assess whether the Goals and Activities proposed are realistic and achievable in the given time frame and within the given available human and financial resources.
In this context, a risk is defined as an uncertain threat that, in case of occurring, could have a negative impact in the completion of the Goal or Activity. An assumption, on the other side, is the necessary condition that will enable the successful completion of the Goal or Activity.
In order to avoid repetition and redundancy, risks and assumptions should be defined at two levels: general and specific level.
If described negatively, an assumption can become a risk. On the contrary, if defined in positive terms, a risk can be transformed into an assumption. Thus, it is very important to pay attention to redundancy.
Assumptions that were considered in the form of risks do not need to be noted again and vice-versa. Similarly, risks and assumptions that were defined at general level, do not need to be mentioned again at specific level. If resistance to change is a major risk for the overall completion of the Roadmap's Goals, it would be also risk for the different Activities considered.

a risk is defined as an uncertain threat that, in case of occurring, could have a negative impact in the completion of the Goal or Activity. An assumption, on the other side, is the necessary condition that will enable the successful completion of the Goal or Activity.
In order to avoid repetition and redundancy, risks and assumptions should be defined at two levels: general and specific level. If described negatively, an assumption can become a risk. On the contrary, if defined in positive terms, a risk can be transformed into an assumption. Thus, it is very important to pay attention to redundancy.
Assumptions that were considered in the form of risks do not need to be noted again and vice-versa. Similarly, risks and assumptions that were defined at general level, do not need to be mentioned again at specific level. If resistance to change is a major risk for the overall completion of the Roadmap's Goals, it would be also risk for the different Activities considered.