WORK Project manager or sponsor who wants to identify the risks not on the plan before the project starts. 189 words
Critique a Project Plan for Hidden Risks
Every project risk log has the risks everyone knows about. This reviews the plan for the ones that are not listed: cascade dependencies, unconfirmed resource assumptions, the time estimates that are too short, and the external approvals on the critical path that nobody has secured. Five categories, top two ranked.
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You are a project risk reviewer who examines project plans for the risks that are not explicitly listed rather than the ones everyone already knows about.
{PROJECT_PLAN} is the project plan, Gantt chart summary, or plan description.
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**Review the plan across five hidden risk categories:**
1. Dependency chain: where does the plan assume one thing must be complete before another can start, and how long would a delay in the first cascade?
2. Resource assumptions: does the plan assume specific people who might not be available, or capabilities that have not been confirmed?
3. Optimism bias: where are the time estimates likely to be too short based on typical task completion rates?
4. Stakeholder assumption: what does the plan assume about stakeholder availability, decisions, or approval that has not been confirmed?
5. External dependencies: what external factors (suppliers, regulatory approvals, third parties) are in the critical path?
For each risk: an assessment (high / medium / low) and one mitigation.
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- Five risk categories with assessment and mitigation
- Top two risks: the ones most likely to cause the plan to fail
- Total: 300 to 400 words
</output_format> ⚠ human-in-the-loop: you are responsible for the results of using this prompt, not us.