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That is not fear-mongering. That is professional risk management. This article is based on Oracle Primavera Risk Analysis (formerly Pertmaster) v14+ and Primavera P6 v20+. All case study data is representative and anonymized.

You can define (e.g., “Strike at port” with 15% probability) and attach them to activities. Pertmaster does not just vary durations; it triggers discrete events. If the random number generator lands on 0.15, the activity duration multiplies by 1.5 and a resource cost is added. primavera pertmaster

The next time a stakeholder asks, “When will it really finish?”, do not point to the P6 finish date. Open Pertmaster, run 10,000 iterations, and say: “There is an 80% chance we finish by July 20th, and here are the three things that could still blow that up.” That is not fear-mongering