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• Awareness of risks to your project's interests, and which are the more significant

• Your decision making informed by knowledge of the risk implications

• Understanding which risks you can afford to take to promote profit

• Effective control asserted over the risk (via rigorous systematic management)

• Resources for risk reduction focused where they are most effective

• Opportunity balanced optimally with the risk

• Your Customer's confidence increased by clear risk information

• The credibility of your bids enhanced, adding to the probability of winning

• Understanding a bid's risks before they become commitments

• Openness, trust & cooperation promoted between all the project stakeholders