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Managing the Continuum: Certainty, Uncertainty, Unpredictability in Large Engineering Projects pp 51–56Cite as

Introduction to Project Risk

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All projects are risky ventures since they are unique and temporary undertakings based on assumptions about the future, affected by risks and subject to the influence of multiple stakeholders.

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    Franco Caron

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Caron, F. (2013). Introduction to Project Risk. In: Managing the Continuum: Certainty, Uncertainty, Unpredictability in Large Engineering Projects. SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology(). Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-5244-4_11

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