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

Discover the value of managing project risks in a systematic manner

Find out 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 management is to achieve the project’s critical success factors, including meeting the targeted ...

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