Hi,
According to many risks can either have a negative outcome or a positive outcome. So if a risk has a positive outcome why is it considered as a risk and not as an opportunity? I realize that positive thinking says that look at all the risks as opportunities. But doing to defeats the following two purpose
1) It is not objective
2) Does not clearly distinguish between risks and opportunities.
So the question is why are risks not limited to only those items or events which have a negative impact on the project? Why not segregate and have two different lists one for risks and the other for opportunities? A risk may turn into an opportunity and vice versa, but that should lead the item to be reclassified as either an opportunity or risk respectively.
Can you please shed some light on this?
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