Absolute Beginner’s Guide to Project Management, Second Edition

14 Managing Project Risks

In This Chapter

• Understand why managing risks is what project management is all about

• Learn the key principles of controlling project risks

• Learn the value of managing project risks in a systematic manner

• Learn the essential steps and tools for effective risk management

• Realize that there is a common set of project characteristics that are responsible for most project risks

• Understand why many project risks are actually self-inflicted during the project planning process

Managing project risks is the ultimate in proactive project management. It is the project manager’s radar system. The goal of project ...