Topic 3: Establish context
Overview
This Topic consists of three components: establishing the context; project definition and planning group formation. Each of these components requires assignment work. The establishment of the projects context and project definition that you develop will form your first assignment. The beginning of the second assignment will include your revised project context and a description of your planning group.
A planning group is essential to the development of appropriate risk assessments and emergency management plans. In the third section of this topic, the development and use of a planning group is described.
Learning outcomes
After completing the work for this topic, you should be able to:
- describe the process of establishing the context for a risk assessment;
- describe the components of project definition and how they are applied;
- produce a project definition for your assignment;
- explain the importance of using a planning group for risk assessment and emergency management planning;
- create and use a planning group effectively for the purpose of performing a risk assessment.