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How to Manage Project Risk: A 5-Step Guide
The risk management process includes five steps: identify, analyze, evaluate, treat, and monitor. You can mitigate risks by avoiding, accepting, reducing, or transferring them. Learn more about what project risk is and how to manage it.
September 1, 2021
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