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Risks are a list of things that cannot be controlled and can affect the implementation of activities up to the impact. on the other hand assumptions are positive effect of the plan which you do not have evidence and would like result to bias. It is important to highlight the risk and assumptions in your plan because it helps to plan in advance on the unplanned events or conditions so that you adjust the plan appropriately

Risk are lists of uncontrolled things that might negatively affect the plan of the project. On the other hand, assumptions are list of positive things that can happen in the project which do not have evidence hence can bring bias. It is important to highlight risk and assumptions because you are able to plan for unplanned conditions or events

Very interesting but i still have a problems on how to differentiate between impact ant outcome more explanation please

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to work on risk and assumptions serves to assess whether the goals and activities proposed are realistic and achievable

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.

Risks are things outside your control that might disrupt your plan. for example if one plans to take a loan and build a house, the risk factors are after building a house one might find it hard to pay the loan, secondly the amount of the loan that he intends to take might too high for him or her to be given, thirdly the money might not be enough thus leading him to apply more loans, while assumptions are biases that is things believed but not supported by evidences.

Risks in a project are things that unexpectedly happen and they are beyond your control in a project. They are biases and can negativity my project. For instance, I had a project in with the outcome: Reduction of cases related to water-borne diseases among residents by 30%. My risk can be:The residents still do not boil or treat their drinking water when consuming though the implementing organization dug wells and educated them on boiling and treating water first.
My assumption: Residents treats and boil water before drinking.

Targets should always be realistic ,when you set a target you are commiting your team to reaching that target .If you miss a target because you were unrealistic ,everyone involved will end up dissapointed ,the team and your donors .It is important to set realistic targets because it will motivate your team .

before I knew project may have more than one Impacts, but through this module new idea learnt that project have single Impact been expected to be achieved

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happy because simple English language used

I would like to ask the team, is it possible each of project summary have risk and assumptions?

if you identify risk in project summary where can you show it in logframe to enable you community or donors know proposed approaches to deal with risk

On risks and assumptions, I feel we can eliminate or rather reduce biases in a project by thoroughly understanding the project and it's environment. Also undertaking formative research helps address and eliminate some of the biases that we might have.

I found this topic very interesting, not because we don't know about the risks when implementing any project or monitoring and evaluation plan, but because it was possible to understand how to fit and link the risks to each element of the logframe (of the project), consequently giving a vision strategy of how to attack each component and mitigate the risks that arise.

This module has been interesting and enlightening. Now I understand the log frame better and I know to apply if and then when planning my project. I now understand also how to look out for risks and assumptions.

I can understand the concept of Risks and Assumptions. Risk and Assumptions might affect my implementation, therefore giving you enough time to make decision at the right time. We can test Risk and Assumptions in the Log Frame Matrix.
We can input some of the risk and assumptions in the log frame then we could ask our beneficiary about out assumptions.

its better to look fowards for see any of the dissapointments and barrier for include other factors to the project planning and after obtain the other factor you may possition yourself as M&E officer on safe side while designing.

Risks and assumptions are important to understand

Risk and assumptions section is an inevitable section in logfram in project design.
The risk states all the factors outside the project control that could cause the project not to be implemented as plan. Assumptions are equally important because they help to prepare the project designers not to have bias in some areas of the project. Risks and assumptions are very important in understanding events and conditions that are unforseable which might affect the implementation of the project thus giving the M&E manager enough time to make decision to ensure the smooth implementation of the project.

• discussing risk and assumptions in M&E.
  In Monitoring & Evaluation, assumptions and risk forms part of any M&E plan. Risk and assumptions are important for making sure that the design of our results chain is credible.
  Assumptions are the preconditions necessary for projects or programs to achieve results. So our assumptions and preconditions needs to be reasonable, if results are to be observed as expect.
  Risks are factors that could significantly affect the achievement of the project or program results and targets.
  So when identifying the risk for projects and programs we must think what can go wrong:
  Questions like
  • What could shift in the external environment?
  • What are the external forces acting against project success?
  • Whats other factors like resources, implementation capacity etc. can hamper the project.

It is important that during the planning phase of a program that the project is able to answer certain monitoring and evaluation questions as these are pivotal to the success of the project

In setting Indicators one should not get too optimistic and make assumptions that could be a challenge to the program. carefully consider the risk involve and how to adjust your indicators

WHAT RISKS ARE MOST LIKELY TO OCCUR?

how to easily identify the risks of a project?

Riscos e pressupostos inclui oque pode acontecer durante o progresso e como deve ser solucionado

Riscos e pressupostos inclui oque pode acontecer durante o progresso e como deve ser solucionado

Project risk: is uncertain event that is likely or unlikely to occur during project implementation.
Project assumption: this is foreseen factor that is likely to happen without any evidence to proof and therefore likely to affect quality of project implementation.

Sometimes the NGOs forget to take into account risks and assumption sufficiently. For example, I have seen that many organizations don't consider the effects of covid pandemic anymore. That isn't very good by looking to the fact that there are still many LDCs applying lockdowns

Risks and assumptions are situations or circumstances that might make input, output, outcome and impact not to possible in project implementation. In other words, they are foreseen circumstances that might affect the achievement of well stated or designed project. These circumstances or situations are usually beyond the control of organization involves in the implementation of the project.

Targets are ought to be realistic. However, targets might be unrealistic based on several reasons. For instance, settling a target whereby the available inputs maybe budget, staff strength etc. are far below the proposed target.

There are various steps needed to be taken when creating data collection tools. First, you must consider 'who' will use the tool. In the process of considering who will use the tool, information like gender, age, literacy level etc. would be considered. The other steps to be considered when creating data collection tools include; Information to be on the tool, additional information or meta data, testing of the tool and training of people that will use the tool.

Data management involves data collection, data entry, data collation, data use and analysis. The description of data management can be done through the creation of data flow map. The data flow map will outline details of 'who to do what'.

so better planning ahead for risks and assumptions to understand events and conditions that are foreseable, to make better decisions at a right time, to adjust project plan and targets, and to escape biases

Risks are the factors that could significantly affect the achievement of the project or program results and targets.
Assumptions are the preconditions necessary for projects or programs to achieve results.
Risk and assumptions are really helpful during the project designing phase.
Risk and assumptions can enable the monitoring and evaluation officers understand the events, situations and conditions that are invisible that might make the project difficult to implement. Hence giving the monitoring and evaluation officers enough time to make decisions at the right time.
UNREALISTIC TARGETS
Targets play a very important role in projects. They motivate your team to achieve success and every understands what is going to be achieved.
Unrealistic targets are set in a project if no proper research was done during the project design phase. The head of Monitoring and Evaluation team may not know the baseline historical data well hence resulting to make unrealistic targets.
Unrealistic targets can result to mistakes and poor quality outcomes.

Risks are the factors that could significantly affect the achievement of the project or program results and targets.
Assumptions are the preconditions necessary for projects or programs to achieve results.
Risk and assumptions are really helpful during the project designing phase.
Risk and assumptions can enable the monitoring and evaluation officers understand the events, situations and conditions that are invisible that might make the project difficult to implement. Hence giving the monitoring and evaluation officers enough time to make decisions at the right time.
UNREALISTIC TARGETS
Targets play a very important role in projects. They motivate your team to achieve success and every understands what is going to be achieved.
Unrealistic targets are set in a project if no proper research was done during the project design phase. The head of Monitoring and Evaluation team may not know the baseline historical data well hence resulting to make unrealistic targets.
Unrealistic targets can result to mistakes and poor quality outcomes.

I think as an expert of monitoring and evaluation we need to evaluate risks and assumptions

so better planning ahead for risks and assumptions to understand events and conditions that are foreseable, to make better decisions at a right time, to adjust project plan and targets, and to escape biases

For Risks are happening , lawful maybe, in every dynamic working environment, better recognizing risks before starting your project for offering solutions to araised problems at a right time.

Every project has risks and assumptions and they are supposed to be seen before hand to prevent some of the issues that may come up after the project has started. Risks are the things that cannot be controlled while assumptions are the biases and beliefs that have no clear evidence. An individual thinking of monitoring and evaluation should not have biases and beliefs but should rather do evidence-based data collection and analysis. The risks and assumptions should be planed for to understand the unforeseen events and conditions.

Risks can also be related to community beliefs especially in some communities.
Until assumptions are validated, they are still risks.

                                                                 RISKS AND ASSUMPTIONS

In Monitoring & Evaluation, assumptions and risk forms part of any M&E plan.
Risk and assumptions are important for making sure that the design of our results chain is credible.

Assumptions are the preconditions necessary for projects or programs to achieve results. So our assumptions and preconditions needs to be reasonable, if results are to be observed as expect.

Risks are factors that could significantly affect the achievement of the project or program results and targets.
So when identifying the risk for projects and programs we must think what can go wrong:
Questions like
• What could shift in the external environment?
• What are the external forces acting against project success?
• Whats other factors like resources, implementation capacity etc. can hamper the project.

Going through this module has made me realise the need to know the risks and assumptions asociated the projects. These will inform me why the results are they way they are. Thus, knowinging the risks and assumptions before hand is of paramount importance to inform project design.

This module was educative

To be honest i am not clear what i should respond to as there is no guidance for this part. However, just thinking that you might want me to reflect in general terms my ideas about Risks and Assumption, my points are the following. For me the assessment of Risks and Assumptions in project planning, is the same as threat analysis in SWOT of strategic planning. The premise for the analysis of of the Risk and Assumption is contextual dimension of the intervention logic. Success of a project is not determined by what the project does only but what other other agents and factor do against and/or infavour of the project and Risk and Assumption analysis is preparing the project for external factors.

It is important to look into the risks to the project in order to be fully aware of what may prove detrimental to the project. For example, a risk that is outside of our control, such as bad weather, may derail the project starting time, and thus create challenges with completing all the activities within the proposed time line.

Likewise, it is also important to identify any assumptions that may reflect our own biases towards a particular element of the project. It is stronger to rely on actual data than make assumptions.

With regards to identifying risks, how do you get to mitigate the impact of those risks on the progress of your project? can adjusting goals and project targets assist in ensuring these risks are mitigated?

It was an excellent module, i also got to understand a lot and it gives a good and clear perspective on how to handle certain risks and assumptions.

Risk and assumptions will really help in putting one's plan into being and also serve as checks and balances.

how to differentiate between impact and out come

it seems realistic even though it needs some complements

How well do the risks and assumptions help in ensuring the impact of the project is achieved despite them being out of our control?

Factors outside of your control that could cause your project to go poorly; That is the risk althought for the asumptions, things that you believe but that are not supported by evidence.

great, i agree with this opinion

assumptions and risks have to be identify to forsee actions

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Its great to assume the risks one is likely to encounter while implementing the activities so that he/she doesn't get overwhelmed in case they do encounter but rather will look for solutions that will yield the designed outcome of the project.

Assumptions are dangerous in projects and could lead to a fruitless project at the end. With risk you can't just identify them but should also as far as possible have a solution for them if they should arise.

Its great to assume the risks one is likely to encounter while implementing the activities so that he/she doesn't get overwhelmed in case they do encounter but rather will look for solutions that will yield the designed outcome of the project.

What I like the most in this module 2 is assumptions and risks part because it helps the project keeping in mind when designing activities contribute to the project's goal, which those two might be an obstacle for successful activities implementation.

May this happen anyway because a project has many components and activities? as a result, assumptions and risk arise for each certain activity? or should we look at assumptions and risks for outputs and outcomes only, but not for activities?

Very informative module.

Risks are the things that are outside of our control and may cause disruptions in our plans
Asumptions are the things we believe will happen without evidence. When planning to implement a project we assume alot of things some the examples can be; we can assume that our target group of people will be willing to participate in our project. We can also assume that our project will run in the set time without considering possible unforeseeable external factors that can delay our progress.
The importance of planning for risks and assumptions ahead of time is so that
We are able to understand conditions and events that we did not foresee.
This helps in giving us enough times to make decisions in time if certain events were to affect the implementation of our project whilst in the process.

Risks are things that we are unable to control that may disrupt our plan.
Assumptions are things that we believe without having evidence. Mostly our plans and projects run on assumptions that they will be successful but there are other factors that may affect the success of our project for example we can assume that our target group will be fully willing to participate and that they will be cooperative. Some things that are unforeseeable can be the targeted beneficiaries being discouraged be as not everyone in the province can be receptive of the project. This can affect the success and progress of the project.
Planning for risks and assumptions ahead can help us understand the unforeseeable conditions and events that are likely to affect the implementation of our project. This can give us enough time to prepare and make decisions in time.

Risk is any object that can cause obstacle in project execution

In this module I clearly understood the concept of Logframe and the flow of effective planning one.

First we set the impacts of our project which are the great goals then we prepare our activities and make assumptions about the outcomes.

It was greatly demonstrated thank you.

Risks are things that we are unable to control that may disrupt our plan.
Assumptions are things that we believe without having evidence. Mostly our plans and projects run on assumptions that they will be successful but there are other factors that may affect the success of our project for example we can assume that our target group will be fully willing to participate and that they will be cooperative. Some things that are unforeseeable can be the targeted beneficiaries being discouraged be as not everyone in the province can be receptive of the project. This can affect the success and progress of the project.
Planning for risks and assumptions ahead can help us understand the unforeseeable conditions and events that are likely to affect the implementation of our project. This can give us enough time to prepare and make decisions in time.

Risks are things that we are unable to control that may disrupt our plan.
Assumptions are things that we believe without having evidence. Mostly our plans and projects run on assumptions that they will be successful but there are other factors that may affect the success of our project for example we can assume that our target group will be fully willing to participate and that they will be cooperative. Some things that are unforeseeable can be the targeted beneficiaries being discouraged be as not everyone in the province can be receptive of the project. This can affect the success and progress of the project.
Planning for risks and assumptions ahead can help us understand the unforeseeable conditions and events that are likely to affect the implementation of our project. This can give us enough time to prepare and make decisions in time.

Risks are things that we are unable to control that may disrupt our plan.
Assumptions are things that we believe without having evidence. Mostly our plans and projects run on assumptions that they will be successful but there are other factors that may affect the success of our project for example we can assume that our target group will be fully willing to participate and that they will be cooperative. Some things that are unforeseeable can be the targeted beneficiaries being discouraged be as not everyone in the province can be receptive of the project. This can affect the success and progress of the project.
Planning for risks and assumptions ahead can help us understand the unforeseeable conditions and events that are likely to affect the implementation of our project. This can give us enough time to prepare and make decisions in time.

This module has been quite fascinating for me.
Some risks are definite and unavoidable. This module exposes and allows one to figure out and plan ahead, and get smarter in the project course.
Kudos!

I think there is no to little risks and assumptions.

Risks are things we can't control that might derail our plans.
Assumptions are things we believe in the absence of evidence. Our plans and projects are mostly based on the assumption that they would be successful, but there are other aspects that may impact their success. For example, we might assume that our target group will be totally eager to participate and cooperative. Some unanticipated consequences may include the targeted beneficiaries getting disheartened since not everyone in the province may be favourable to the initiative. This can have an impact on the project's success and progress.
Planning for risks and assumptions in advance will help us comprehend the unpredictable situations and events that are likely to effect the project's implementation. This provides us with adequate time to prepare and make judgments.

Planning for risks and assumptions in advance will help us comprehend the unpredictable situations and events that are likely to effect the project's implementation. This provides us with adequate time to prepare and make judgments.

The discussion concerning Risk and Assumption is almost different for everyone.
RISK can be define as the things that happens to someone outside that individuals control which may disturb ones plan from taken place as usual. for instance i have always plan that i will celebrate my child's 5th

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Was a very nice topic

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companies don't able to repayment their loans to banks
compaines would able to repayment their loans to banks

It is very necessary to understand risky and assumptions phase in logframe as it avoid biases and give directions of planning ahead on what may be contribute or hurt project activities or goals in a long run

how can we link Assumptions and risks

This is a very important aspect in M&E as it enables the designer to prepare for any external circumstances and how to mitigate such should they arise. It will prepare the designer and implementer with an optional route out of any challenge that will come their way. It is a very key aspect of the logframe.

This topic was topic was very fruitful, it gave me broad idea of how risks and assumptions are linked to the project logframe which can therefore help the project team to adjust the project accordingly and look for mitigation strategies.

Is the goal to reduce or eraducate the Risk or do we manage It../.?

Risk talks about what are the thing that will stop you from not implementing a particular activity whereas Assumption is a belief that you have within you thinking something will not go well in the implementation of a activity with no evidence base.

It will be good you are able to identify risk and assumption before the starting of the project.

I really like the idea of thinking through what biases we might have that influence how we design a project. Particularly biases around gender and social inclusion - these are so important for ensuring the intended impact AND do no harm principle. I would really like more training on this particular area as donors are becoming more adept at asking for risks and mitigation measures - which is great.

risks and assumptions are some reasons that against what you are expecting or what you have planned during project plan , for example: if you want to help poor people who are not able to get their basic needs and declared you are going to help them its not possible to be contributed only those who supposed to be helped sometimes wrong people can be contributed or handed off, so we have to be aware and write down anything that might come out unless we have an evidence.

Thinking about the risks and assumptions is critical not only for M&E but also project success. It is forces us to review the evidence and come up with an evidence-informed design of the project. This increases the chances of creating real impact besides allowing for better contingency planning. Considering risks and assumptions can not, therefore, be overemphasized.

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.

General risks and assumptions can be either related to the overall implementation of the Roadmap or common to all Goals included in the Roadmap. Specific risks and assumptions will be related to a concrete Activity, i.e. a particular risk that could hinder the successful implementation of a concrete Activity or an assumption that is key to the implementation of a specific Activity. For instance, a specific assumption for the Activity "establishing an Authorised Economic Operators Scheme" is that incentives granted to AEOs are enough to motivate private traders to invest in the time and resources to get the certification.

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.

This module is enriching as it gives a further insight on how to formulate possible risks and the likely assumptions that could truncate the success of any project plan.

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.

General risks and assumptions can be either related to the overall implementation of the Roadmap or common to all Goals included in the Roadmap. Specific risks and assumptions will be related to a concrete Activity, i.e. a particular risk that could hinder the successful implementation of a concrete Activity or an assumption that is key to the implementation of a specific Activity. For instance, a specific assumption for the Activity "establishing an Authorised Economic Operators Scheme" is that incentives granted to AEOs are enough to motivate private traders to invest in the time and resources to get the certification.

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.

What difference do you make between the theories received here and the daily practices of your project?
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Since risk a very critical part of our project and out of our control then we must ensure that we evaluate their critically to determine how far they can hurt our projects and if the impact is much then a real consideration may be required.

I know our project implementations to we have to put an eye on the assumptions made to quickly know when things are going wrong and how to adjust appropriately

It is very necessary to understand risky and assumptions phase in logframe as it avoid biases and give directions of planning ahead on what may be contribute or hurt project activities or goals in a long run

When you outline your risk and assumption then what next

Assumptions are external factors for which the intervention is not responsible, but that are very important for the realisation of the results, the project purpose and the overall objective. They are outside direct intervention control, but vital for achieving a successful implementation
s: physical, digital, and reputational. These risks are assessed (and continually re-assessed) throughout the M&E 'value chain,' from data collection and management to analysis and reporting

Risks and assumptions are an important tool to take into consideration during monitoring and evaluation.

The Risks and Assumptions column is the fourth column of the logical framework. 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

UNREALISTIC TARGETS:
These are targets which are too ambitious to achieve. The targets may be to high to achieve. For instance, based on records from the previous project on the reduction of diarrheal cases among under-five in Kibra slum was 30%. Creating a target of 70% on the reduction of the same disease in the same area will be unrealistic target.

Risks are anticipated events that may affect the implementation of the project in one way or the other.
Assumptions are unforeseen activities that project implementers must keep in mind as they oversee project implementation