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Contingency Plan vs Fallback Plan? 4 years 2 months ago #22865

Anthony Sadowski Topic Author Offline Fresh Boarder Posts: 9 Thank you received: 0	Is a contingency plan the same thing as a fallback plan? Your e-mail address will never be displayed on the site. Check this box to be notified of replies to this topic. Note: BBcode and smileys are still usable.
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Contingency Plan vs Fallback Plan? 4 years 2 months ago #22869

Felix Kamanga, PMP
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Hi Anthony,

Yes, they are the same thing.
When talking about the risk response, if the primary solution planned to be applied at the occurrence of the risk doesn't work, the fallback plan (or contingency plan: see the PMBOK, page 439) is used.

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