Project Risk Management Students learn how to apply the basic principles of project risk management, including identifying, analyzing, monitoring, and controlling risks. Students develop methods to determine whether a project is worth carrying out and how to communicate their conclusions to clients and managers. The course places an emphasis on learning to use decision-making tools. It uses the strategies of experts including Juran, Deming, Crosby, and Taguchi. In this course, students learn the interpersonal and managerial skills necessary to promote and support total quality in an organization.
Students explore individual styles in management, whether working alone or in teams.
The course covers approaches to conflict resolution, strategies for team building, and how to use teams for continuous organizational improvement. The program also helped me to define the complexity of a project and I learned how to take a systematic approach to project management. I know I will stay in contact with other students through the 'e-circle' our class created. We now have an instant global network. Gustavo Schildknecht was a student of the Project Management Diploma Program in Berkeley.