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Practical Project Risk Management, Third Edition, 3rd Edition
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Practical Project Risk Management, Third Edition, 3rd Edition

by David Hillson, Peter Simon
November 2020
Beginner
384 pages
8h 14m
English
Berrett-Koehler Publishers
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Foreword to the Third Edition

Newspapers and websites are full of stories about projects that are over time, over budget, and not delivering the scope that was promised. In addition, there are many projects, small and large, that never make the headlines but also suffer from time and cost overruns. We know that the environment in which we execute our projects is full of uncertainties and risks. But apparently we fail to account for the effects of risks that affect our projects, and we keep making promises that cannot be kept.

When studying this a bit deeper, it turns out that there are several reasons for not delivering on our project promises. First, we do not make a clear distinction between uncertainties and risks, where uncertainties are ...

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ISBN: 9781523089222