Identifying and Managing Project Risk - Essential Tools for Failure-Proofing Your Project

Description

There's a good reason project risk management is one of the most vital of the nine content areas of the Project Management Body of Knowledge (TM). Important projects tend to be time constrained, pose huge technical challenges, and suffer from a lack of adequate resources. It's no wonder that project managers are increasingly focusing their attention on risk identification. Identifying and Managing Project Risk is a practical guide to minimizing the possibility of failure in critical projects. The book takes readers step-by-step through every phase of a project, showing them how to consider the possible risks involved at every point in the process. Relevant figures and diagrams support the text and illustrate key scenarios. At the end of each chapter is an analysis of how the principles just discussed applied to a supreme example of what many once considered a truly impossible project: The building of the Panama Canal. Content: Front Matter • Table of Contents 1. Why Project Risk Management? 2. Planning for Risk Management 3. Identifying Project Scope Risk 4. Identifying Project Schedule Risk 5. Identifying Project Resource Risk 6. Managing Project Constraints and Documenting Risks 7. Quantifying and Analyzing Activity Risks 8. Managing Activity Risks 9. Quantifying and Analyzing Project Risk 10. Managing Project Risk 11. Monitoring and Controlling Risky Projects 12. Closing Projects 13. Program, Portfolio, and Enterprise Risk Management 14. Conclusion • Appendix: Selected Detail from the PERIL Database Index