Project Risk Management

Book description

You don't need sophisticated statistical analysis or software to improve the probability of project success. This book offers a proactive project management process for managing project risk from project initiation through planning, execution, control and closure. In addition, you'll apply a new technique for program risk auditing that lets you explore risk in multiple related projects. You'll learn how to uncover hidden risk during the planning phase and how to track and manage it throughout the project. You'll also learn to enhance project value by building a risk management repository to support ongoing knowledge transfer.

Table of contents

  1. Preface
  2. Acknowledgments
  3. CHAPTER 1   Risk Management As a Project Management Process
    1. Overview of Risk Management Processes
    2. Project Opportunity Assessment
      1. Process
      2. Risk Categories
      3. Deliverable
    3. Risk Management Planning
      1. Process
      2. Risk Classification
      3. Deliverables
    4. Project Risk Audit
      1. Process
      2. Critical Success Factors
      3. Deliverables
    5. Continuing Risk Management
      1. Process
      2. Deliverables
    6. Risk Knowledge Transfer
      1. Process
      2. Deliverables
    7. Program Risk Audit
      1. Process
      2. Critical Success Factors
      3. Deliverables
  4. CHAPTER 2   Initiation: Project Opportunity Assessment
    1. Executing a Project Opportunity Assessment
      1. Participants
      2. Timetable
      3. Steps
      4. Deliverables
    2. Opportunity Assessment Risk/Opportunity Factors
      1. Customer-Associated Risks
      2. Contract Risks
      3. Requirements Risk
      4. Proposed Project Team Experience Risk
      5. Project Management Risk
      6. Work Estimate Risk
      7. Project Constraints Risk
      8. Complexity and Scale of Deliverables Risk
      9. Contractors Risk
  5. CHAPTER 3   Risk Management Planning
    1. Executing Risk Management Planning
      1. Participants
      2. Timetable
      3. Steps
      4. Deliverables
    2. Recognizable Risk Definition and Planning Techniques
      1. Risk Identification Techniques
      2. Risk Classification
      3. Risk Mitigation Strategy and Contingency Plan Evaluation and Planning
      4. Documenting Risks
      5. Aggregating Individual Project Risks
    3. Assumption Definition and Planning Techniques
      1. Assumption Identification Techniques
      2. Assumption Evaluation
    4. Enterprise/Program Risk Management
  6. CHAPTER 4   Execution: Project Risk Audit
    1. Executing a Project Risk Audit
      1. Participants
      2. Timetable
      3. Steps
      4. Deliverables
    2. Project Risk Audit Evaluation
    3. Project Risk Audit Critical Success Factors
      1. Organization
      2. Risk Management
      3. Planning
      4. Milestones
      5. Monitoring and Control
      6. Scope Change Control
      7. Resources
      8. Functional Testing
      9. Capacity and Performance Testing
      10. Training
  7. CHAPTER 5   Controlling: Continuing Risk Management
    1. Executing Continuing Risk Management
      1. Participants
      2. Timetable
      3. Steps
      4. Deliverables
  8. CHAPTER 6   Closure: Risk Knowledge Transfer
    1. Executing Risk Knowledge Transfer
      1. Participants
      2. Timetable
      3. Steps
      4. Deliverables
    2. Risk Knowledgebase and Metadata
      1. Risk Knowledgebase Structure
      2. Risk Knowledgebase Tables
  9. CHAPTER 7   Program Risk Audit
    1. Executing a Program Risk Audit
      1. Participants
      2. Timetable
      3. Steps
      4. Deliverables
    2. Program Risk Audit Evaluation
    3. Program Risk Audit Critical Success Factors
      1. Organization
      2. Planning
      3. Financial Resources
      4. Direction
      5. Coordination
      6. Communication
      7. Staffing Resources
      8. Control
      9. Risk Assessment
      10. Seeks Remedies
  10. Bibliography
  11. Risk Management Lexicon
  12. Index

Product information

  • Title: Project Risk Management
  • Author(s): Paul S. Royer
  • Release date: October 2001
  • Publisher(s): Berrett-Koehler Publishers
  • ISBN: 9781567264586