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Project Risk Management Strategies and Tactics

Course Description:

This course provides an overview of project risk management techniques. Participants will learn how to identify project risks and manage those risks throughout the project life cycle. Specific emphasis will be placed throughout the course with having a proactive mindset with response to risk for effective project management.


"The first class I've taken where I've gotten more than just PDU's. And I've taken many! Excellent use of stories or quotes that are applied to the subject (risks). This class is better than the best!" P. Theriault, American Airlines


Learning Objectives:

After completion of this course the participant will be able to:

  • Define risk management
  • Understand the advantages of risk management as a process
  • Identify all project risks in a team environment
  • Write effective risk statements
  • Perform qualitative risk analysis for project risks
  • Develop the criteria for a qualitative risk matrix
  • Plot qualitative risks on a risk matrix
  • Perform quantitative risk analysis for project risks
  • Use three point estimates to characterize costs and schedule risks
  • Perform expected value calculations
  • Select quantitative or qualitative risk analysis based on the +'s and -'s of each method
  • Generate risk response plans
  • Screen and prioritize risks
  • Communicate Risks to project stakeholders to maximize customer satisfaction
  • Explain how our "risk attitudes" affects how we manage risks
  • Understand the importance of updating risk plans
  • Recognize that risk monitoring and control is an ongoing process

Course Agenda

  • Introduction
    • Project Management is Risk Management
    • Introductions
    • Course Logistics
  • Risk Management Planning
    • Definition of Risk Management
    • Risk Management Advantages
    • Characteristics of Risks
    • Risk Attributes
    • Situation
    • Time
    • Association
    • Risk Management and the Project Life Cycle
  • Risk Identification
    • Methods of Risk Identification
    • Risk Identification and the Work Breakdown Structure
    • How to Write Effective Risk Descriptions
    • Characteristics of Good Risk Descriptions
  • Qualitative Risk Analysis
    • Advantages of Qualitative Risk Analysis
    • When to use Qualitative Risk Analysis Methods
    • The Five by Five Risk Matrix
    • Establishing Likelihood Scales
    • Establishing Impact Scales
    • Four by Four and Three by Three Risk Matrices
    • Prioritization with a Qualitative Risk Matrix
    • Risk Management Questionnaires
  • Quantitative Risk Analysis
    • Probability and Statistics Review
    • Central Tendency
    • Dispersion
    • Central Limit Theorem
    • Expected Value
    • Expected Value and Reserve
    • Task
    • Project
    • Program
    • Decision Trees
    • Advantages and Disadvantages of Decision Trees
    • Qualitative and Quantitative Risk Analysis Compared
  • Risk Response Planning
    • Avoidance
    • Transference
    • Mitigation
    • Acceptance
    • Implementing Risk Response Plans
    • Risk Prioritization
    • Screening Risks
    • Pair-wise Comparisons
    • Risk Response Matrix
  • Risk Monitoring and Control
    • Risk Attitudes
    • Risk Neutral
    • Risk Seeking
    • Risk Averse
    • Risk Attitudes over the Project Life Cycle
    • Updating Risk Plans

About the Instructor

Many people choose a physician by finding out who doctors send their family to when they need medical attention. They are looking for the doctor's doctor, the best of the best. Dr. Brown is a doctor's doctor when it comes to project management. He was chosen to evaluate and update the curriculum of one of the largest project management training companies. He was chosen by one of the leading project management software vendors to evaluate their product. McGraw Hill recently published his book The Handbook of Program Management. Leading companies in the business of project management choose Dr. James T. Brown when they need project management expertise.   Read about Dr. Brown.


"Excellent approach to project management. Dr. Brown's pragmatic and realistic application of project management principles is the best and most usable doctrine I have seen." G. Esten, Nuance Corp.

"You are at risk if you don't attend this program." P. Leone, Palm Beach County Schools


Target Audiences: Project Managers, Project Team Members, Stakeholders

Length: Custom

To schedule this project management training workshop, call 321-269-1222 or email Dr. James Brown.

 

More Client Comments about this course

Excellent and engaging!. T. Coil, Bridgestone Americas

Excellent - entertaining and informative - will get the participant thinking about gaps in their current risk management practices. S. Gadolin, AT&T

The Risk Management class provides project managers and key stakeholders a great set of tools to reduce risks for future projects. R. Brough, Lifeway

Informative, useful, applicable, fun! J. Randler, Dell

A common sense approach to risk management that can be used in the real world. Useful tools and techniques that we can use now. D. Simmons, The Boeing Company

Logical, common sense approach J. Gibson, Siemens Healthcare

Outstanding, relevant, timely. Brings home the value of risk management from beginning to end. R. Mueller, SAIC

Dr. Brown provides practical advice from the theory of risk management, and effectively shares from his personal experience that it can work. Recommended if you are wanting to excel in this area. D. Lance, Schneider Electric

Excellent class! Good tools that I can use in my work, practical application of concepts. L. Nawrocki, InfoPrint Solutions Co

The program provided a refreshing look at risk management unincumbered by strict process guides. The project manager responsibility of ownership of risk management requires practical tools methods + perspectives provided in this course. G. Jaeger, ATI

Wonderful. Risk can be very dry. Dr. Brown made the topic, tools, processes approachable and understandable. Great! K. Robertson, McCamish Systems

It was absolutely GREAT!, S.Zamboni

This was excellent. I don't get a lot of opportunity to work on risk management in my current position, so this was a great refresher and an eye opener on why some issues have occurred on our project. D. Seymour, Premera Blue Cross

Excellent. Dr. Brown simplifies the content and makes it easier to understand through his stories. A. Senzamici, Imagesource

Dr. Brown made risk management a practical, common sense approach. F. Trimble, FLT Consulting Inc.

Awesome - course topics were delivered in a matter that linked them to real world experiences. Dr. Brown is engaging. J. Kashiri, Georgia State Personnel Administration

Great Seminar; useful tools, kept course moving - good audience participation. B. Kinney, General Dynamics

Dr. Brown's class on risk management provides a look into various tools and methodologies in an easy to understand and entertaining format. R. Keller, ImageSource

Dr. Brown's approach, style, and method for communicating risk management made the course very enjoyable and educational.. D. Pavao, Verizon Wireless

Excellent - Best course I have attended in years. Relevant information with good instruction and examples. D. Applegate, Panasonic Avionics

Outstanding, informative, and relative. S. Gore, ATI

The seminar was excellent! The real world advice made risk management seem like something our organization can achieve. L. McGeorge, South Carolina Federal Credit Union

The program was a pleasure to attend. Dr. Brown made the content fun and engaging. There were many new ideas that I will be able to bring back to my organization. A. Nymo, General Mills

Great pace, exercises were good. This course provides tools and tips that I can use immediately. D. Edwards, ATI