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Identifying and managing project risk : essential tools for failure-proofing your project

By: Kendrick, TomMaterial type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : American Management Association, [2015]Edition: Third editionDescription: viii, 390 pages : illustrationsISBN: 9780814436080 (hardcover); 0814436080 (hardcover)Subject(s): Risk management | Project managementDDC classification: 658.404

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Why Project Risk Management? -- Doomed Project -- Risk -- Opportunities and Risks -- Benefits of Project Risk Management -- Costs of Project Risk Management -- Project Risk Management Process -- Anatomy of a Failed Project: The First Panama Canal Project -- ch. 2 Planning for Risk Management -- Project Selection -- Overall Project Planning Processes -- Defining Risk Management for the Project -- Risk Management Infrastructure for the Organization -- PERIL Database -- Second Panama Canal Project: Sponsorship and Initiation (1902 -- 1904) -- ch. 3 Identifying Project Scope Risk -- Sources of Scope Risk -- Defining Deliverables -- High-Level Risk Assessment Tools -- Setting Limits -- Work Breakdown Structure -- Other Scope-Related Risks -- Documenting the Risks -- Panama Canal: Setting the Objective (1905 -- 1906) -- ch. 4 Identifying Project Schedule Risk -- Sources of Schedule Risk -- Activity Definition -- Estimating Activity Duration -- Activity Sequencing -- Documenting the Risks -- Panama Canal: Planning (1905 -- 1907) -- ch. 5 Identifying Project Resource Risk -- Sources of Resource Risk -- Resource Planning -- Staff Acquisition -- Outsourcing -- Effort Estimates Adjusted for Risk -- Cost Estimates, Budgets, and Risk -- Documenting the Risks -- Panama Canal: Resources (1905 -- 1907) -- ch. 6 Managing Project Constraints and Documenting Risks -- Analyzing Constraints -- Managing Opportunities -- Scope Modification -- Resource Modification -- Schedule Modification -- Assessing Options and Updating Plans -- Seeking Missing Risks -- Creating a Risk Register -- Panama Canal: Improving the Plan (1906) -- ch. 7 Quantifying and Analyzing Activity Risks -- Qualitative and Quantitative Risk Analysis -- Probability and Impact -- Qualitative Risk Assessment -- Quantitative Risk Assessment -- Panama Canal: Risks (1906 -- 1914) -- ch. 8 Managing Activity Risks -- Root Cause Analysis -- Categories of Risk -- Selecting Risks to Address -- Risk Response Planning -- Dealing with Risk Causes -- Implementing Preventative Ideas -- Dealing with Risk Effects -- Documenting Your Risk Plans and Risk Owners -- Managing a Specific Risk -- Bow Tie Analysis for Documenting Risk Responses -- Panama Canal: Risk Plans (1906 -- 1914) -- ch. 9 Quantifying and Analyzing Project Risk -- Project-Level Risk -- Aggregating Risk Responses -- Project Modeling and Simulations -- Integrated Schedule/Cost Assessment -- System Analysis -- Critical Chain Considerations -- Questionnaires and Surveys -- Analysis of Scale -- Project Appraisal -- Scenario Analysis -- Project Metrics -- Financial Metrics -- Panama Canal: Overall Risks (1907) -- ch. 10 Managing Project Risk -- Project Documentation Requirements -- Project Start-Up -- Selecting and Implementing Project Metrics -- Establishing Reserves and Managing for Contingency -- Project Baseline Negotiation -- Project Plan Validation -- Specification Change Control -- Panama Canal: Adjusting the Objective (1907) -- ch. 11 Monitoring and Controlling Risky Projects -- Don't Panic -- Applying the Plan -- Project Monitoring -- Collecting Project Status -- Metrics and Trend Analysis -- Responding to Issues -- Communication and Risk Reporting -- Project Archive -- Managing Risk Reserves -- Project Reviews and Risk Reassessment -- Taking Over a Troubled Project -- Panama Canal: Risk-Based Replanning (1908) -- ch. 12 Closing Projects -- Project Closure -- Project Retrospective Analysis -- Panama Canal: Completion (1914) -- ch. 13 Program, Portfolio, and Enterprise Risk Management -- Project Risk Management in Context -- Program Risk Management -- Portfolio Risk Management -- Enterprise Risk Management -- Panama Canal: Over the Years -- ch. 14 Conclusion -- Choosing to Act -- Managing Your Risks -- Panama Canal: The Twenty-First Century -- Appendix: Selected Detail from the PERIL Database -- Scope Risks -- Schedule Risks -- Resource Risks.

Summary: 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

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Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Why Project Risk Management? --
Doomed Project --
Risk --
Opportunities and Risks --
Benefits of Project Risk Management --
Costs of Project Risk Management --
Project Risk Management Process --
Anatomy of a Failed Project: The First Panama Canal Project --
ch. 2 Planning for Risk Management --
Project Selection --
Overall Project Planning Processes --
Defining Risk Management for the Project --
Risk Management Infrastructure for the Organization --
PERIL Database --
Second Panama Canal Project: Sponsorship and Initiation (1902 --
1904) --
ch. 3 Identifying Project Scope Risk --
Sources of Scope Risk --
Defining Deliverables --
High-Level Risk Assessment Tools --
Setting Limits --
Work Breakdown Structure --
Other Scope-Related Risks --
Documenting the Risks --
Panama Canal: Setting the Objective (1905 --
1906) --
ch. 4 Identifying Project Schedule Risk --
Sources of Schedule Risk --
Activity Definition --
Estimating Activity Duration --
Activity Sequencing --
Documenting the Risks --
Panama Canal: Planning (1905 --
1907) --
ch. 5 Identifying Project Resource Risk --
Sources of Resource Risk --
Resource Planning --
Staff Acquisition --
Outsourcing --
Effort Estimates Adjusted for Risk --
Cost Estimates, Budgets, and Risk --
Documenting the Risks --
Panama Canal: Resources (1905 --
1907) --
ch. 6 Managing Project Constraints and Documenting Risks --
Analyzing Constraints --
Managing Opportunities --
Scope Modification --
Resource Modification --
Schedule Modification --
Assessing Options and Updating Plans --
Seeking Missing Risks --
Creating a Risk Register --
Panama Canal: Improving the Plan (1906) --
ch. 7 Quantifying and Analyzing Activity Risks --
Qualitative and Quantitative Risk Analysis --
Probability and Impact --
Qualitative Risk Assessment --
Quantitative Risk Assessment --
Panama Canal: Risks (1906 --
1914) --
ch. 8 Managing Activity Risks --
Root Cause Analysis --
Categories of Risk --
Selecting Risks to Address --
Risk Response Planning --
Dealing with Risk Causes --
Implementing Preventative Ideas --
Dealing with Risk Effects --
Documenting Your Risk Plans and Risk Owners --
Managing a Specific Risk --
Bow Tie Analysis for Documenting Risk Responses --
Panama Canal: Risk Plans (1906 --
1914) --
ch. 9 Quantifying and Analyzing Project Risk --
Project-Level Risk --
Aggregating Risk Responses --
Project Modeling and Simulations --
Integrated Schedule/Cost Assessment --
System Analysis --
Critical Chain Considerations --
Questionnaires and Surveys --
Analysis of Scale --
Project Appraisal --
Scenario Analysis --
Project Metrics --
Financial Metrics --
Panama Canal: Overall Risks (1907) --
ch. 10 Managing Project Risk --
Project Documentation Requirements --
Project Start-Up --
Selecting and Implementing Project Metrics --
Establishing Reserves and Managing for Contingency --
Project Baseline Negotiation --
Project Plan Validation --
Specification Change Control --
Panama Canal: Adjusting the Objective (1907) --
ch. 11 Monitoring and Controlling Risky Projects --
Don't Panic --
Applying the Plan --
Project Monitoring --
Collecting Project Status --
Metrics and Trend Analysis --
Responding to Issues --
Communication and Risk Reporting --
Project Archive --
Managing Risk Reserves --
Project Reviews and Risk Reassessment --
Taking Over a Troubled Project --
Panama Canal: Risk-Based Replanning (1908) --
ch. 12 Closing Projects --
Project Closure --
Project Retrospective Analysis --
Panama Canal: Completion (1914) --
ch. 13 Program, Portfolio, and Enterprise Risk Management --
Project Risk Management in Context --
Program Risk Management --
Portfolio Risk Management --
Enterprise Risk Management --
Panama Canal: Over the Years --
ch. 14 Conclusion --
Choosing to Act --
Managing Your Risks --
Panama Canal: The Twenty-First Century --
Appendix: Selected Detail from the PERIL Database --
Scope Risks --
Schedule Risks --
Resource Risks.

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

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