Title: Project risk management : processes, techniques, and insights /
Authors: Chapman, C. B.; Ward, Stephen
Publisher: Wiley,
Year: 1997
Subjects: Project management; Risk management; Uncertainty
Abstract: Risk is a key consideration for project managers in any area of endeavour. The authors show how, using a general methodology, to take a systematic approach to managing risk to increase overall project management efficiency.
Contents: pt. 1. Setting the scene -- 1. Uncertainty, risk, and their management -- 2. Implications of the project life cycle -- 3. Motives for formal risk management processes -- 4. An outline generic process -- pt. 2. Elaborating the generic process -- 5. Define the project for risk management purposes : the define phase -- 6. Focus the risk management process : the focus phase -- 7. Identify the risks and responses : the identify phase -- 8. Develop the analysis structure : the structure phase -- 9. Clarify ownership issues : the ownership phase -- 10. Estimate in terms of scenarios and numbers : the estimate phase -- 11. Evaluate the estimates and their implications : the evaluate phase -- 12. Plan the project and the management of its risk : the plan phase -- 13. Manage the project and its risk : the manage phase -- pt. 3. Modifying the generic process -- 14. The impact of different project life cycle positions -- 15. Alternative points of view : a contractor perspective -- 16. Selecting short cuts -- 17. Organising for risk management.