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In my opinion, the risks and assumptions will always vary across projects and the working environment.

Possible Risks and Assumptions in relation to the MEH's project

MEH Management team should consider the various factors related with the working environment, including the culture, the availability of additional resources to expand business, the skill training opportunities, and the likes.

When risks come up even after you have assessed through risks and assumptions prior to the project starting, do you need to go back and revise the project summary?

I agree that minimizing risk is important.

Risks are any unintended problem that may hamper the project while assumptions are about the project will be succesful if things are going based on our assumption. thinking of both assumption and risks a head will help as to take an informative decision when something undesirable happens during implementation

When you’re planning a project, you tend to be optimistic about its progress. You envisage what you have to do and to what beautiful results this will lead. You don’t want to think about all the nasty things that can happen.
But there are many things that can go wrong.
The logframe helps you identify these risks and the assumptions that you make at each stage and level. This is the role of the fourth column.
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.
The fourth column and the first column have an if… then… relation. If the assumptions in column four are met, or if the risks do not occur, then we’ll achieve what we’ve set out to do in column one.
In project management we make assumptions to enable us to get on with our project when otherwise the project would come to a halt. However, assumptions can turn out to be false, and when this happens our project can be negatively impacted. For this reason it’s important to actively monitor and manage assumptions to minimise any adverse impacts. We monitor assumptions with the project team, and manage them using the risk management process.

Risks know problems that can hinder your project from achieving its goals example the corona virus can hinder a project that wants to conduct a survey going door to door counting all people living with HIV in the community.
While assumptions are beliefs not backed up with facts that can hinder a project from achieving its goals.
Both must be identified and a plan on how to handle them must be formulated.

It’s imperative that risks and assumptions be apart of the pre-design stage of the project. I have learned that looking for risks and assumptions can help moderate the risk of bias. The use of formative research helps to identify risk and assumptions .Taking this step to note the risks and assumptions is essential in any M&E plan.

MEH initially do not have what it takes to make a good M&E plan for the project year, so far we have work on the output, outcome, and risk and assumption to bring its project to a stand point. Risk

MEH initially do not have what it takes to make a good M&E plan for the project year, so far we have work on the output, outcome, and risk and assumption to bring its project to a stand point. Risk and assumption such as
There are not enough fund for microloan and girls might not be interested in getting microloans which when given, girls might not know how to start or upgrade business. Meanwhile culture and family might discouraged girls from starting or upgrading business which girls might not be financially successful

Identifying risks and assumptions serves to assess whether the goals and activities proposed are realistic and achievable in the time frame and within the given available human and financial resources. They test whether you could identify external factors that could affect the delivery of the project. It is important to test your assumptions with your beneficiaries to enable a holistic approach to your project design. More often than not, implementers do not consider risks associated with the project because they are excited about implementing and ensuring completeness of the project without realising that they may have not considered the possibility of anything going wrong. It is important to continuesly assess the risk and context with which the project is being implemented.

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

The need for risk assessment and assumptions is important in order to mitigate factors which can derail the successes of a project.

The need for risk assessment and assumptions is important in order to mitigate factors which can derail the successes of a project.

Risks are uncertain events that may or may not occur during a project. Risks are either a negative or positive effects on progress towards project objectives.
Assumptions are any project factors that are considered to be true, real, or certain without empirical proof. Realistically speaking, it’s impossible to plan a project without making a few assumptions. The key is knowing how to spot those assumptions and putting safeguards in place so that if any assumption is proven false, the impact on project delivery will be minimal.

The two primary attributes of a risk are the probability of it happening and the impact (negative or positive) that it might have on a project. A risk is an assumption with a higher level of failure. It is an event that could happen with a notable probability and could affect the outcome of your project substantially. You have to take risks into account when planning your project as they might change the entire setup if the event actually occurs. They might even end your entire project if they occur.

An assumption is a statement that you assume to be true; if assumptions are not made, planning cannot proceed. Without assuming certain things planning would be impossible, as we never know for certain how the future will look like.

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Risks and assumptions are often overlooked. Though people acknowledge it or not the route "we'll cross that bridge when we get there" is taken often in project implementation.
What I appreciate in developing a logframe is that it forces one to think about risks and assumptions well before the project begins. An organisation needs to consider things outside their control that may disrupt their project (risks) as well as things they believe without evidence (biases) in every activity of the logframe. Determining the risks and assumptions will assist you to plan for success ensuring that the desired outcome and impact is achieved.

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 and Assumptions: These are the situations which may occur during the implementation of the project that is / are out of our hands. We may not have a control of it; this can be related to input, output, outcome and impact. An example: not having enough resources (input), giving capacity building training to wrong audience (some-output), when trainee finishes the training, might decide that he is not interested in it (outcome), training might not show any effect in general due to lack of attendance (impact). It is important to brainstorm about the anticipated risks and assumptions, therefore one can also come up with Plan B and Plan C, and may still reach to the targeted goals.

Atimes knowing that the risk a project might face is beyond you can be disturbing.

There are some risks we can never envisage. Assumptions can easily be cleared.

This module was very insightful. it shows you how to create a logfram and fill all the case (column and row). With the logfram you can be able to set the input, output, outcomes and impact. Make sure you have you set you impact before to start.

I agree with you

I don't understand this section. Please, explain.

When designing a project it is important to find the risks and assumptions for the project starts because this helps to be aware of what might go wrong during the project exhibition. R&A helps you to be aware of what might hurt project thereby, preparing you how to now your biases and the questions to prepare for your survey

In planning for Monitoring and Evaluation, it's important that risk and assumption are put into consideration so as to tackle them, so that risk and assumption can be managed and avoided

Risk and assumptions are a vital part in designing a log frame. When ignored, it could bring the project totally down because the program will be designed on the basis of bias.

Outputs are the short term result you get on the program level.. it is the immediate result you get once you perform an activity.
On the other hand, outcomes are the short term result you get on the population level. It is the result gotten after a given time.

The assumptions provides and describe the situations, events, conditions or decisions which are necessary for the success of the project that are planned to be implemented within a specified time, but which are largely or completely beyond the control of the project's management so should be foreseen earlier.
Risks are events that may have a negative impact on the project if left without a solution.

I think we should place the risks and assumptions on the early project planning phase,

very challenging, but i think a baseline data can be helpful.

By identifying risks and assumptions early, actions may be put into place to either curb or eliminate risks identified.

Identifying risks and assumptions serves to ascertain whether the Goals and Activities proposed are realistic and achievable in the given time frame and within the given available human and financial resources.

Yes, because the risk and assumptions are of the said project

risks are things out of your control which might disrupt your project hence making it difficult to achieve your goal
while assumptions are things that you believe without much evidence that is your biases

From what I gathered in this module is that All project involve some risks and assumptions that need to be expected during the process of project implementation . Therefore it is good to take note so that they can be minimized as much as possible and make adjustments were needed to improve the project performance
Most of the time these assumptions are made in the calculation of the indicator, this contribute to factors
that may introduce bias into the estimates. therefore, data on these factors that may cause distortion of the indicator, should be collected and analysed to avoid incorrect conclusions being drawn on the effectiveness of projects.

Setting realistic goals allow project to achieve the outcomes and lead to very positive impact on the project. However, Setting conflicting project goals can lead to unrealistic targets can impact the project both short and long unrealistic target can result in poor quality outcomes, cost overrun, etc....

Project must have an M&E plan with the mechanisms of data collection and with data use, as well as information about how data collection and reporting will be useful to their project or organizations.
However, each project must have its own data collection tools and project coordinator need to orient implementer/data collector to the use of their project specific data collection tools. The data collection tool should consist of a series of instructions to implementers, what and how they should collect the data, what data to be collected and etc..., The bottom line is that implementers/ data collector should know how to complete the tool/form and what to do if they have questions.

Data management is a process of collecting, entering, analysis, transmitting , interpreting and reporting on information/evidence to ensure that good-quality data are disseminated. to inform planning and fed back into the decision-making process within a project or organization.it is imperative that the following steps be achieved.
Data management system allows for the information to be captured in a way that facilitates data verification, data sharing, and data use.
Additionally, data management ensure ownership of data by organizations(policy-makers and programme managers, etc...) throughout the different processes to optimize its use, despite other obstacles to turning data into action.

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To avoid biases you have to examine the risks and assumptions

Hi! Does anyone better understand the logical framework?

What if the risks finally affect the project.

Or at least know the reason why something finally goes wrong at the end of the project.

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.

HOW DOES ONE OVER COME RISKS AND ASSUMPTIONS

Risk and assumptions are very essential in a LogFrame as it helps you to device mitigation strategies so as to ensure the smooth functioning of the project.

if input is not well defined it means output will be wrong?

in my opinions it seems, risk it is not avoidable though it has to be solved

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Monitoring and evaluation plan risk and assumption are the importance parts

Being aware of risks and assumptions early on in the project can help project implementors to develop mitigation strategies to minimize risks. They are also well informed from the onset of assumptions and are better prepared in the event of an uncertainity

Risks is any reason why things may not go as planned in project implementation or anything that may hurt the project. These are things that are out of the project's control.
Assumptions is anything that is accepted in the design of the project as correct without validation of data evidence. This reflects our bias.

Assumptions tend to reveal our biases as they largely lack data evidence, though they may be probable.

Well articulated, risks are out of the project's control but identifying them during project design will give us an advantage of planning in advance the alternative routes to take or possible solutions.

For example in extension of irrigation scheme at a certain village, is it possible to list the following as possible risks or assumptions? Those are of the following

• Possibility of occurrence of cases of outbreak diseases, like cholera, diarrhea

• Delay of fund disbursement by the Government/any stakeholder for project implementation

From above two items, the first one its seem to be like an assumptions and the second item is a risk which may occur

Defining risks and assumptions is an important prac

M&E is an essential component in an organization

Risks and assumptions helps you to understand conditions that are unforeseeable which have the probability of affecting project implementation.

Risks are things outside of your control, whereas assumptions are things that you believe without much evidence.

Risks and Assumptions

• Amount of waste produced by the recycling machine maybe polluting the environment .

• Households may not see the importance of proper waste disposal.

• Households may not know how to segregate waste.

• Households not willing to pay for garbage collection.

Assumptions are design uncertainties and thus sources of risk. An analysis of the likelihood that a set of assumptions will prove valid its important during project design. For this reason, project design teams may wish to consider undertaking a risk analysis of project assumptions using guidelines and a template provided for doing so:

Risks and assumptions are key in preparing the Logframe because they offer the opportunity to review biases and assumptions and become aware of them.
Knowing underlying assumptions and risks associated with your project helps you to become open minded and clear of necessary changes or pivots the project might need to make.

Risks are things/entities that may hinder a project from attaining its goals. Risks need to be discussed before the project is implemented.

Assumptions are sentiments that are not backed up by evidence. They have a certain level of bias attached to them

Its hard to overcome a risk when its encountered during the project. However, the best way to give your chance of overcoming a risk is by brainstorming about possible risks with the entire team during project design. You list all possible risks and try to come up with alternatives all possible solutions incase you indeed meet those risks during the course of the project.

Risks and assumptions helps the Project team to plan in advance, and if possible to deploy mitigation measures to arrest such risks from failing the project

Risks and assumptions are an integral part of your project. It helps you understand unforeseeable events that may affect the activities of your project. A clear definition of the risks and assumptions involved at every stage of your project activities can help you better understand the problem your project wants to solve and the kind or amount of inputs and outputs required to successfully reach your impact goal.

Identifying risks and assumptions before starting a project is of great help as it allows you not to be surprised at the risk of creating additional project costs.

an organization can function without monitoring and evaluation team?

what about the risks that are out of your control?

Risk is funding the project without knowing whether it will bring a good outcome or not. What if you fund a project and it went bad?

Assumptions are things that are not true but can occur, like what if we fund the project and after disbursing farmers refuse to do the farming,

Creating data and collecting tool is good as it measures perspective of individuals in your project been it helpful or not. Is it neccessary to use data for a long time?

if any risks and assumptions could effect project?

How well does one indentify a better impact for their project

Interesting

This section is about you coming up with a project summary. Having its inputs(what you need to start the project, they are like the foundation for your project), out put( these depend on input, knowing what inputs you need for your project will easily help you know the out put), outcome and the impact. Then each of these sections of your project, you need to indentify the risks and Assumptions to avoid having things go the wrong way, when you know what may occur or go wrongly, it helps you to have a back up plan when such happens during implentation

In addition to identifying risks and assumptions during the formative stage of a project, risks monitoring and identification should span throughout the project life-cycle as more risks could be identified in different stages of the project.

Identifying risks and assumptions helps us to prepare solutions to any problems the project may face before hand

Is it compulsory to have risksa dn assumptions in a logframe?

Risk or assumption are the things you think will affect the project but when presenting them in the logframe show them in a positive way , assuming that they will not happen to harm the project

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Risk and assumptions

Risk are things that will make your project to go wrong.

Assumptions are the things you believe your project will go in a right way. it is called biases

We can use if/Then statement to identify the risks and assumptions

I think this part is often missing when one conducts a project design. Biases are likely very dominant especially in larger institution because of overconfidence due to their experience.

Risks and Assumptions have to be identified for a project to be successful or to reach its targets

Well explained

Not identifying potential risks for the projects is a big risk on its own.

The risks and assunmpions are very important on thr project we must take them seriosly some of them may hurt the project orr delay it.

The risks and assumptions looks a bit terrifying and scarely when you think about them at the start the project.But the skills of design makes me stronger to maneuvers. But I think there are risks also that are beyond the project control because they might lead to redesigning of the entire project like if the government bans organization that advocate for the activities your implementing.

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 factors outside of our control that could interrupt our projects or make it not go as we have planned.

Assumptions are things that are believed but are not supported by proof or evidence.

in my project the risks are: the name participation of mothers who have children under 5 years old may cause the non-realization of activities as provided for in the activity schedule, the hypothesis of non-participation of the Twa ethnic group

Risks:
The reoccurrence of religious crisis within Jos Metropolis

The forthcoming presidential election process

Bandits attacks on communities that may lead to declaration of curfew in the state.

Risks and assumptions goes together.

Risk is defined as a factors that affect the project cycle and professional programming.
Assumptions is basing on site effects to the project goal and objectives

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how can one overcome risks and uncertainties while evaluation

Coming up with risks and assumption during project development and mainly when developing logical framework analysis, helps in identifying risks that can affect the project. at this stage of developing risks and assumptions both the developers identifies solutions/mitigating factors that can address some of the risks and assumptions foreseen. though some risks are outside the control of the project but when they occur, the implementors can easily associate with what they had identified in the project.

Failure to identify risks in any project is detrimental to project implementation because when such a time comes, the project implementation will easily be disturbed and put off track.

Risks and assumptions are guidelines towards why your project or plan might not work. Risks being things that are out of your control and assumptions as things that one believe which do not have any much evidence. Risks and assumptions help you look for things that could go wrong and anything that might prevent you from providing input,and if you provide input will you be sure that it will lead to output.

Risks are factors that are out the project implementers' control to cause a poor play during its course and Assumptions are things believed but not supported by evidence.
they are generated from the willingness to know what would go wrong at each level from input to impact. They help the team to be informed as they think outside the box which helps in generating information that would help implementing decisions with an informed mind. this helps surprises and shocks during the cycle

Risks are unplanned issues that may arise during course of a project that may impact the project negatively. It is important to put in place adequate risk management strategies to mitigate the effect of risk in project implementation. Assumptions are our opinions of the likelihood of an event occuring without any fact or evidence to back up our claims. Assumptions are usually based on feelings and not facts.

Risks and Assumptions are factors outside the control of the project designer that can impair achievement of the project goals.

Risks are events that will negatively affect the creation of the planned impacts if they really occur. Assumptions are what we strong belief on without evidence. Deliberate actions should be deployed after preparing project summary in the logframe to identify and plan means of mitigating them.

This topic is very interesting, it is essential to note the risks and assumptions before engaging in a project so when such risks comes, it will have been prepared for and will be able to averted.

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I think risk and assumptions makes some one aware on if that happens, then what else will happen and looks for altenative solutions to either minimize the risks or prevent it.