Project Management Foundations: Risk

Course details

Without risk, there can be no reward. But if not managed properly, risk reduces your ability to achieve your project's goals and could derail it altogether. In this course, author and PMP Bob McGannon shows you how to anticipate, assess, and manage project risk, whether your project is large or small. Bob explains how the PMBOK seventh edition deals with risk and why managing risk is so critical for project success. Discover how to gauge your stakeholders' tolerance for risk, assemble a risk plan, build a risk register, and maintain project continuity as risks crop up.

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Project risk - A battle of resiliency

1. Risk Characteristics and Planning

02 - Project risk - A product of uncertainty
03 - Incorporating risk in a complex environment
04 - Managing risk, ambiguity, and project stakeholders
05 - Dealing with volatility in a project environment
06 - The components of a project management risk plan

2. Risk Outcomes - Threats and Opportunities

07 - Project risk identification methods
08 - Project threats
09 - Project opportunities

3. Tailoring Project Uncertainty

10 - Understanding risk appetite and tolerance
11 - Determining project risk analysis level
12 - Budgeting for risk
13 - Project vs. task risk

4. Strategic Risk Management

14 - Managing project risk strategically
15 - Managing unknown unknowns
16 - Identifying risk triggers
17 - Uncertainty of requirements and technology

5. Optimizing Risk Responses

18 - The PM risk standard
19 - Challenge - Staffing uncertainty
20 - Solution - Staffing uncertainty
21 - Challenge - Requirements volatility
22 - Solution - Requirements volatility
23 - Challenge - Technology deployment
24 - Solution - Technology deployment

Conclusion

25 - Your risk management toolkit

Project Management Foundations: Risk

Authors

Bob McGannon