A risk manager has been assigned to an upcoming project. A senior risk manager within the organization recently completed a similar project and has provided a lessons learned document to aid planning efforts for the upcoming project. Upon reviewing the document, the risk manager discovers that the completed project was delivered several months behind schedule and several thousands of dollars over budget. The root cause was determined to be an unforeseen risk trigger that caused several items to be reworked, creating cascading schedule delays and depleting management reserves.

What should the risk manager do to mitigate the chance of the same issues reoccurring?