Project Risk Management A Proactive Approach

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Pub. Date: 2001-10-01
Publisher(s): Berrett-Koehler Publishers
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Summary

Offers a proactive project management process for managing project risk from project initiation through planning, execution, control and closure. Softcover.

Author Biography

Paul Royer, PMP, is the founder of Proactive Risk Management, an informa-
tion technology and management consulting firm in Olympia, Washington, specializing in project management, risk management, and quality assurance. He has more than 30 years of experience in the information systems indus- try, specifically in health care, government, and consulting. His background includes project management, risk management, quality assurance, systems development, data and process modeling, data warehousing, data administra- tion, training and coaching, methodology development and implementation, business requirement definition, and process improvement. He has a BA in
Computer Science from the University of California at Berkeley.

Table of Contents

Preface xi
Acknowledgments xv
Risk Management As a Project Management Process
1(12)
Overview of Risk Management Processes
1(1)
Project Opportunity Assessment
2(2)
Process
3(1)
Risk Categories
4(1)
Deliverable
4(1)
Risk Management Planning
4(2)
Process
4(1)
Risk Classification
5(1)
Deliverables
6(1)
Project Risk Audit
6(1)
Process
6(1)
Critical Success Factors
7(1)
Deliverables
7(1)
Continuing Risk Management
7(1)
Process
7(1)
Deliverables
8(1)
Risk Knowledge Transfer
8(1)
Process
8(1)
Deliverables
9(1)
Program Risk Audit
9(4)
Process
9(1)
Critical Success Factors
10(1)
Deliverables
10(3)
Initiation: Project Opportunity Assessment
13(10)
Executing a Project Opportunity Assessment
14(4)
Participants
14(2)
Timetable
16(1)
Steps
16(2)
Deliverables
18(1)
Opportunity Assessment Risk/Opportunity Factors
18(5)
Customer-Associated Risks
18(1)
Contract Risks
19(1)
Requirements Risk
19(1)
Proposed Project Team Experience Risk
20(1)
Project Management Risk
20(1)
Work Estimate Risk
20(1)
Project Constraints Risk
21(1)
Complexity and Scale of Deliverables Risk
21(1)
Contractors Risk
21(2)
Risk Management Planning
23(20)
Executing Risk Management Planning
23(5)
Participants
23(1)
Timetable
24(1)
Steps
25(2)
Deliverables
27(1)
Recognizable Risk Definition and Planning Techniques
28(10)
Risk Identification Techniques
31(1)
Risk Classification
31(3)
Risk Mitigation Strategy and Contingency Plan Evaluation and Planning
34(2)
Documenting Risks
36(1)
Aggregating Individual Project Risks
36(2)
Assumption Definition and Planning Techniques
38(2)
Assumption Identification Techniques
39(1)
Assumption Evaluation
39(1)
Enterprise/Program Risk Management
40(3)
Execution: Project Risk Audit
43(20)
Executing a Project Risk Audit
45(5)
Participants
45(1)
Timetable
46(1)
Steps
47(3)
Deliverables
50(1)
Project Risk Audit Evaluation
50(3)
Project Risk Audit Critical Success Factors
53(10)
Organization
54(1)
Risk Management
54(1)
Planning
55(3)
Milestones
58(2)
Monitoring and Control
60(1)
Scope Change Control
60(1)
Resources
60(1)
Functional Testing
61(1)
Capacity and Performance Testing
61(1)
Training
61(2)
Controlling: Continuing Risk Management
63(6)
Executing Continuing Risk Management
63(6)
Participants
63(1)
Timetable
63(1)
Steps
64(2)
Deliverables
66(3)
Closure: Risk Knowledge Transfer
69(12)
Executing Risk Knowledge Transfer
69(4)
Participants
69(1)
Timetable
70(1)
Steps
71(1)
Deliverables
72(1)
Risk Knowledgebase and Metadata
73(8)
Risk Knowledgebase Structure
75(1)
Risk Knowledgebase Tables
75(6)
Program Risk Audit
81(18)
Executing a Program Risk Audit
82(4)
Participants
82(1)
Timetable
83(1)
Steps
83(2)
Deliverables
85(1)
Program Risk Audit Evaluation
86(3)
Program Risk Audit Critical Success Factors
89(10)
Organization
89(1)
Planning
90(2)
Financial Resources
92(1)
Direction
93(1)
Coordination
93(1)
Communication
94(1)
Staffing Resources
94(2)
Control
96(1)
Risk Assessment
96(1)
Seeks Remedies
97(2)
Bibliography 99(2)
Risk Management Lexicon 101(12)
Index 113

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