Risk Assessment and Contingency Planning Skills
Effectively Identifying and Neutralizing Risks to Achieve Project Success
All projects involve risk. In today's business climate even the most well-prepared plans must be flexible enough to meet and overcome unexpected challenges. To quantify and manage risk, successful project managers must thoroughly analyze and quantify risk before and during a project, as well as develop effective response strategies to deliver projects that meet stakeholder demands.
Effective project managers apply critical thinking skills to effectively analyze and determine appropriate solutions to address at-risk projects. They need strong leadership, communication and problem-solving skills to recognize the potential for delay, disruption, or rework, and to implement contingency plans as needed. They know how to balance scant resources and deliver under strict deadlines in the face of ever-increasing customer expectations, and are better equipped to make sound decisions and lead their projects to success.
Managing project risks and developing contingency plans to keep projects on track are critical competencies for today's project managers.
The following courses will help you develop the critical project risk management skills needed for achieving project success.
Preparing for the PMI Risk Management Professional (PMI-RMP)® Exam
Course 286 • 4 Days
You Will Learn How To:
- Manage project risk effectively to deliver successful projects that meet stakeholder needs
- Apply customizable, industry-robust templates to create a Risk Management Plan and Risk Register
- Leverage a proven 7-step qualitative risk analysis process to identify risk exposure
- Translate risk into actual time and cost impact using proven quantitative risk analysis tools
- Utilize a tested 7-step technique to design your risk response strategies
- Monitor risk triggers to control uncertainties and maximize project payoff
► Get more details and a current schedule Preparing for the PMI Scheduling Professional (PMI-SP)® Exam
Course 248 • 3 Days
You Will Learn How To:
- Develop realistic schedules to achieve timely project delivery
- Construct project network diagrams to identify the sequence of work
- Calculate Critical Path to determine the project duration
- Effectively assign resources to build a realistic baseline schedule
- Perform schedule analysis and recommend corrective actions to keep the project on track
- Build readable and reliable project reports to keep stakeholders informed on progress
► Get more details and a current schedule Complex Project Management
Course 287 • 4 Days
You Will Learn How To:
- Manage complex projects involving strategic risks and aggressive time scales
- Incorporate the emerging science of complexity thinking into your project management strategies
- Apply a unique complexity assessment model and an adaptive four-step process to strategic projects
- Minimize uncertainty by leveraging best practices from Critical Chain, Agile and Lean approaches
- Lead adaptive teams and exploit opportunities for project performance and product innovation
- Build a strategic project management toolkit to establish yourself as a thought leader within your organization
► Get more details and a current schedule Critical Thinking and Creative Problem Solving
Course 284 • 3 Days
You Will Learn How To:
- Make better decisions through critical thinking and creative problem solving
- Adapt to different thinking styles in group and team environments
- Recognize and remove barriers to individual and group creativity to foster an innovative work environment
- Systematically analyze a target problem
- Present your ideas clearly and concisely for maximum stakeholder buy-in
- Transform your creativity into practical business solutions
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