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Qualitative project risk assessment is standard practice in project management and involves prioritising risks using a probability and impact matrix. Due to the shortcomings of using this tool for risk prioritisation (poor resolution, errors, suboptimal resource allocation or ambiguous inputs and outputs, among others), we propose a quantitative prioritisation of project risks in this article, analysing the impact of each risk on the project’s duration and cost objectives.
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This research has been partially financed by Junta de Castilla y León (Spain) and the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF, FEDER) with grant VA180P20.
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Acebes, F., Curto, D., González-Varona, J.M., Pajares, J. (2024). Monte Carlo Simulation for Project Risk Prioritisation. In: Bautista-Valhondo, J., Mateo-Doll, M., Lusa, A., Pastor-Moreno, R. (eds) Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Industrial Management (ICIEIM) – XXVII Congreso de Ingeniería de Organización (CIO2023). CIO 2023. Lecture Notes on Data Engineering and Communications Technologies, vol 206. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-57996-7_78
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