​The article makes an attempt to study the role of risk management when implementing investment projects. The primary purpose of the article is identifying main regularities, which determine features in the risk assessment in business as a key element facilitating the organization of investment projects. The research is based on cognition methods, retrospective and documentary analysis, as well as synthesis, generalization, and systematization of the information. The article describes the various types of investment and project risks, methods of risk analysis of investment projects, performance indicators of investment projects, as well as the analysis of risk factors and uncertainties in the course of investment projects' development. The authors consider peculiarities of application of risk analysis methods when implementing projects. In modern economic analysis, different methods are used for risk management. Methods for risk assessment of an investment project help to assess the feasibility of the project, initial time period after which it will generate revenue, as well as the probabilistic size of future profits