Managing Project Risks in South African SMEs: Effective Strategies and Techniques

How to implement project management for SME in South Africa


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How to identify and manage project risk Module

About the module: Project risk management is about assessment of risk and provide solutions to risk management questions in their respective projects.

Purpose of the module: Be able to analyse threats and opportunities and develop responses for the risks identified on a project. Further more be able to produce a risk management plan to address the identified risks.

Rational of the module: Risk management is to identify potential problems before they occur, or, in the case of opportunities, to try to leverage them to cause them to occur.



The above mentioned module is one of seven modules in the skills programme titled: How to manage projects . How to manage projects - is one of ten skill programmes available in our Entrepreneurship Master Programme .

Skills programme - How to manage projects

The purpose of the skills programme: The purpose of the programme is to give delegates tools to be able initiate a project plan, manage both stakeholders and relationships, organise their team, develop a project, and build a business case for a project. Throughout the programme, delegates  will be practicing project development and implementation. Upon successfully completing the programme, delegates should be able to demonstrate knowledge, application, and comprehension after successfully completing the programme in order to develop and implement a project in a structured, efficient, and timely manner in order to increase business profit and build a good reputation.


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