Identifying and managing project risk essential tools for failure-proofing your project
Drawing on real-world situations and hundreds of examples, the book outlines the risk management process and provides proven methods for project risk planning. Readers will learn how to use high-level risk assessment tools, implement a system for monitoring and controlling projects, and properly doc...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, New York
American Management Association
2015
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| Collection: | O'Reilly - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Project Level RiskAggregating 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); CHAPTER 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
- A Second Panama Canal Project: Sponsor ship and Initiation (1902-1904)CHAPTER 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); CHAPTER 4: Identifying Project Schedule Risk; Sources of Schedule Risk; Activity Definition; Estimating Activity Duration; Activity Sequencing; Documenting the Risks; Panama Canal: Planning (1905-1907); CHAPTER 5: Identifying Project Resource Risk
- Cover; Copyright; Title; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; CHAPTER 1: Why Project Risk Management?; The Doomed Project; Risk; Opportunities and Risks; Benefits of Project Risk Management; Costs of Project Risk Management; The Project Risk Management Process; Anatomy of a Failed Project: The First Panama Canal Project; CHAPTER 2: Planning for Risk Management; Project Selection; Overall Project Planning Processes; Defining Risk Management for the Project; Risk Management Infrastructure for the Organization; The PERIL Database
- Qualitative and Quantitative Risk AnalysisProbability and Impact; Qualitative Risk Assessment; Quantitative Risk Assessment; Panama Canal: Risks (1906-1914); CHAPTER 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); CHAPTER 9: Quantifying and Analyzing Project Risk
- Sources of Resource RiskResource Planning; Staff Acquisition; Out sourcing; Effort Estimates Adjusted for Risk; Cost Estimates, Budgets, and Risk; Documenting the Risks; Panama Canal: Resources (1905-1907); CHAPTER 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); CHAPTER 7: Quantifying and Analyzing Activity Risks