Description. We seek a method that integrates the practice of risk management with
project planning, addresses exogenous uncertainties which can form vulnerabilities
for a project, acknowledges that uncertainty can represent risk as well as opportunity,
and recognize the importance of flexibility in the planning or design of infrastructures
to be able to adapt to actual conditions as they arise.
Adaptive Port Planning (APP) is a framework for managing uncertainty (Taneja,2010). It identifies in a structured way, the uncertainty in an existing plan, and
subsequently improves its robustness through taking actions either in the planning
stage, or by preparing actions in advance that can be taken if an uncertain future
materializes, in response to triggers from a monitoring system (that monitors the
external environment for unexpected developments and alerts planners for the need
modify or reassess plans). The six steps in APP are described briefly below: