Question

You are sitting around the fire at a lodge in Dillingham, Alaska, discussing a fishing expedition you are planning with your colleagues at Great Alaska Adventures (GAA). Earlier in the day you received a fax from the president of BlueNote, Inc. The president wants to reward her top management team by taking them on an all-expense-paid fly-fishing adventure in Alaska. She would like GAA to organize and lead the expedition.
You have just finished a preliminary scope statement for the project (see below).
You are now brainstorming potential risks associated with the project.
1. Brainstorm potential risks associated with this project. Try to come up with at least five different risks.
2. Use a risk assessment form similar to Figure 7.6 to analyze identified risks.
3. Develop a risk response matrix similar to Figure 7.8 to outline how you would deal with each of the risks.
PROJECT SCOPE STATEMENT
PROJECT OBJECTIVE
To organize and lead a five-day fly-fishing expedition down the Tikchik River system in Alaska from June 21 to 25 at a cost not to exceed $35,000.
DELIVERABLES
• Provide air transportation from Dillingham, Alaska, to Camp I and from Camp II back to Dillingham.
• Provide river transportation consisting of two eight-man drift boats with outboard motors.
• Provide three meals a day for the five days spent on the river.
• Provide four hours fly-fishing instruction.
• Provide overnight accommodations at the Dillingham lodge plus three fourman tents with cots, bedding, and lanterns.
• Provide four experienced river guides who are also fly fishermen.
• Provide fishing licenses for all guests.
MILESTONES
1. Contract signed January 22.
2. Guests arrive in Dillingham June 20.
3. Depart by plane to Base Camp I June 21.
4. Depart by plane from Base Camp II to Dillingham June 25.
TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS
1. Fly in air transportation to and from base camps.
2. Boat transportation within the Tikchik River system.
3. Digital cellular communication devices.
4. Camps and fishing conform to state of Alaska requirements.
LIMITS AND EXCLUSIONS
1. Guests are responsible for travel arrangements to and from Dillingham, Alaska.
2. Guests are responsible for their own fly-fishing equipment and clothing.
3. Local air transportation to and from base camps will be outsourced.
4. Tour guides are not responsible for the number of King Salmon caught by guests.
CUSTOMER REVIEW
The president of BlueNote, Inc.

Answer 1

Solution :

Risk management first involves the identification of the potential risk that may be involved. It should focus both on the objectives as well as events that could cause the consequences.

Some of the major risks that can be involved are :

• sudden weather conditions which may not support the flight travel.

• Embargo on fishing by the State or local authority suddenly

• any kind of physical injury to the members of the group

• there may be forest fire around the lake

• technical error that might occur during the course of adventures

The impact for the risk that includes the majuere risk will be very high for all the parameters that can increase the cost by 40%, it can also lead to increase in time by about 20% which can cancel the expedition. . These types of risk will not be covered under any scope.

For the physical risk, the impact will be moderate for the parameters.

                            Risk Response Matrix

Risk         Response        Contigency plan         Trigger     Who is responsible

Force        Mitigate      Choosing another      Situation is               Nils

Majuere                        destination as a back  not clear in

                                        up.                               24 hours.

Physical   Mitigate      Proper training and     After observing       Eddie

injury                           safety kits                     the participants