Synopsis
Risk is a key issue for every project manager. How the various risks are handled can often define the final outcome of a project; it can determine its overall worth to both sponsors and contractors and its ultimate success or failure. Alan Webb's The Project Manager's Guide to Handling Risk is a concise, practical guide to the process for every project manager. Starting from an explanation of how our current ideas of risk have evolved, the author: � introduces the nature of risk and the basis of risk analysis; � explores how and where different patterns of risk emerge within the life of a project, and � explains the variety of tools and techniques for risk analysis and management and shows how to use them. The book also provides a comprehensive assessment of the current range of software tools that deals with the various aspects of risk management. Included with The Project Manager's Guide to Handling Risk is a free CD-ROM containing samples of available software packages.
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From the Publisher
· Understand how risk affects you
· Choose the most suitable tools to analyse risk in your projects
· Identify when and where your project investment is most likely to be at risk, and learn how to protect it.
· Use a variety of cutting edge risk analysis and management techniques
· Choose the right risk analysis software for your project
· Learn how to make the right decisions in uncertain situations
The Project Manager's Guide to Handling Risk also:
· examines the origins and history of risk
· explains the true nature of risk as it affects the decisions we make
· explores how a company’s culture affects its attitude to risk
· explains the mathematical basis of the most popular analytical tools
· provides real-life case examples
· contains a comprehensive glossary of risk analysis and management terms
About the Author
Alan Webb, also author of Project Management for Successful Product Innovation and Using Earned Value, was a senior project manager, author and independent project management consultant.
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