Identifying and managing project risk : essential tools for failure-proofing your project (Record no. 44192)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
ISBN 9780814436080 (hardcover)
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
ISBN 0814436080 (hardcover)
082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 658.404
Item number KEN
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME
Personal name Kendrick, Tom.
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Identifying and managing project risk : essential tools for failure-proofing your project
250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT
Edition statement Third edition.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication New York :
Name of publisher American Management Association,
Year of publication [2015]
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Number of Pages viii, 390 pages :
Other physical details illustrations ;
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note Includes indes
505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Why Project Risk Management? --<br/>Doomed Project --<br/>Risk --<br/>Opportunities and Risks --<br/>Benefits of Project Risk Management --<br/>Costs of Project Risk Management --<br/>Project Risk Management Process --<br/>Anatomy of a Failed Project: The First Panama Canal Project --<br/>ch. 2 Planning for Risk Management --<br/>Project Selection --<br/>Overall Project Planning Processes --<br/>Defining Risk Management for the Project --<br/>Risk Management Infrastructure for the Organization --<br/>PERIL Database --<br/>Second Panama Canal Project: Sponsorship and Initiation (1902 --<br/>1904) --<br/>ch. 3 Identifying Project Scope Risk --<br/>Sources of Scope Risk --<br/>Defining Deliverables --<br/>High-Level Risk Assessment Tools --<br/>Setting Limits --<br/>Work Breakdown Structure --<br/>Other Scope-Related Risks --<br/>Documenting the Risks --<br/>Panama Canal: Setting the Objective (1905 --<br/>1906) --<br/>ch. 4 Identifying Project Schedule Risk --<br/>Sources of Schedule Risk --<br/>Activity Definition --<br/>Estimating Activity Duration --<br/>Activity Sequencing --<br/>Documenting the Risks --<br/>Panama Canal: Planning (1905 --<br/>1907) --<br/>ch. 5 Identifying Project Resource Risk --<br/>Sources of Resource Risk --<br/>Resource Planning --<br/>Staff Acquisition --<br/>Outsourcing --<br/>Effort Estimates Adjusted for Risk --<br/>Cost Estimates, Budgets, and Risk --<br/>Documenting the Risks --<br/>Panama Canal: Resources (1905 --<br/>1907) --<br/>ch. 6 Managing Project Constraints and Documenting Risks --<br/>Analyzing Constraints --<br/>Managing Opportunities --<br/>Scope Modification --<br/>Resource Modification --<br/>Schedule Modification --<br/>Assessing Options and Updating Plans --<br/>Seeking Missing Risks --<br/>Creating a Risk Register --<br/>Panama Canal: Improving the Plan (1906) --<br/>ch. 7 Quantifying and Analyzing Activity Risks --<br/>Qualitative and Quantitative Risk Analysis --<br/>Probability and Impact --<br/>Qualitative Risk Assessment --<br/>Quantitative Risk Assessment --<br/>Panama Canal: Risks (1906 --<br/>1914) --<br/>ch. 8 Managing Activity Risks --<br/>Root Cause Analysis --<br/>Categories of Risk --<br/>Selecting Risks to Address --<br/>Risk Response Planning --<br/>Dealing with Risk Causes --<br/>Implementing Preventative Ideas --<br/>Dealing with Risk Effects --<br/>Documenting Your Risk Plans and Risk Owners --<br/>Managing a Specific Risk --<br/>Bow Tie Analysis for Documenting Risk Responses --<br/>Panama Canal: Risk Plans (1906 --<br/>1914) --<br/>ch. 9 Quantifying and Analyzing Project Risk --<br/>Project-Level Risk --<br/>Aggregating Risk Responses --<br/>Project Modeling and Simulations --<br/>Integrated Schedule/Cost Assessment --<br/>System Analysis --<br/>Critical Chain Considerations --<br/>Questionnaires and Surveys --<br/>Analysis of Scale --<br/>Project Appraisal --<br/>Scenario Analysis --<br/>Project Metrics --<br/>Financial Metrics --<br/>Panama Canal: Overall Risks (1907) --<br/>ch. 10 Managing Project Risk --<br/>Project Documentation Requirements --<br/>Project Start-Up --<br/>Selecting and Implementing Project Metrics --<br/>Establishing Reserves and Managing for Contingency --<br/>Project Baseline Negotiation --<br/>Project Plan Validation --<br/>Specification Change Control --<br/>Panama Canal: Adjusting the Objective (1907) --<br/>ch. 11 Monitoring and Controlling Risky Projects --<br/>Don't Panic --<br/>Applying the Plan --<br/>Project Monitoring --<br/>Collecting Project Status --<br/>Metrics and Trend Analysis --<br/>Responding to Issues --<br/>Communication and Risk Reporting --<br/>Project Archive --<br/>Managing Risk Reserves --<br/>Project Reviews and Risk Reassessment --<br/>Taking Over a Troubled Project --<br/>Panama Canal: Risk-Based Replanning (1908) --<br/>ch. 12 Closing Projects --<br/>Project Closure --<br/>Project Retrospective Analysis --<br/>Panama Canal: Completion (1914) --<br/>ch. 13 Program, Portfolio, and Enterprise Risk Management --<br/>Project Risk Management in Context --<br/>Program Risk Management --<br/>Portfolio Risk Management --<br/>Enterprise Risk Management --<br/>Panama Canal: Over the Years --<br/>ch. 14 Conclusion --<br/>Choosing to Act --<br/>Managing Your Risks --<br/>Panama Canal: The Twenty-First Century --<br/>Appendix: Selected Detail from the PERIL Database --<br/>Scope Risks --<br/>Schedule Risks --<br/>Resource Risks.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc Drawing on real-world situations and hundreds of examples, this book outlines the risk management process and provides proven methods for project risk planning. It helps readers to learn how to use high-level risk assessment tools, implement a system for monitoring and controlling projects, and properly document every consideration
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Term Risk management.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Term Project management.
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA)
Koha item type Reference Books
Holdings
Collection code Home library Current library Shelving location Date acquired Source of acquisition Cost, normal purchase price Full call number Accession Number Koha item type
Reference Main Library Main Library Reference 29/08/2017 Purchased 5400.00 658.404 KEN 015460 Reference Books

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