Martin Training Associates

The Professional Guide to Risk Assessment

by Paula K. Martin and Bruce Chadbourne

This easy-to-follow, step-by-step guide to assessing and managing risk will provide the professional project manager with the tools he or she needs to successfully beat back the chaos that rules many projects. The MTA C.O.R.E. Risk method, which is consistent with the Project Managmement Institute, A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge, (PMBOK® Guide) - Fourth Edition, Project Management Institute, Inc., 2008 standard, is a practical approach to identifying risks, creating a risk response plan, assessing contingencies required, monitoring risks, managing contingency, reporting status using best practice risk metrics, closing out risk and much more. In addition, the method presented is collaborative, so it teaches the project manager how to involve the team, key stakeholders, technical experts and nay-sayers in the risk assessment process, allowing them to offer ideas and analysis as well as creating understanding, ownership and buy-in to the results.

The Professional Guide to Risk Assessment

 

Table of Contents:

  1. Define (Stage 1)
  2. Identify Risks (Stage 2)
  3. Analyze Risks (Stage 3)
  4. Identify & Analyze Risk Responses (Stages 4 & 5)
  5. Monitor Risks & Manage Change (Stage 6)
  6. Lessons Learned (Stage 7)
  7. Document the Risk Assessment
  8. Schedule Risk Notes
  9. Risk Management Metrics
  10. Risk Diagnostics
  11. Risk Checklist
  12. Appendices

About the Authors:

Paula Martin Ms. Martin is the CEO of Martin Training Associates, a premiere management training. She is the author numerous books on management including The Project Management Memory Jogger, Leading Project Management into the 21st Century, Executive Guide: The Seven Keys to Project Success and Getting Started in Project Management. She is a keynote speaker at the Project Management Institute (PMI) and other management conferences and is the author of numerous articles and white papers on project management and management practices. She is an expert on the Matrix Management 2.0, the new accountability and collaborative approaches to project management, decision making, risk assessment and problem solving.

Bruce Chadbourne Bruce Chadbourne, PMP® is a veteran Naval Officer and Engineering Project Manager with defense and information technology industries. He currently serves as a project management consultant to U.S. Navy programs and also is the "Eastern Americas" Director of the PMI Risk Specific Interest Group. He enjoys teaching and writing about project management topics for prominent corporate education providers, including Martin Training Associates, Boston University, and Atlantic Management Center, Inc.

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