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Authors: Bruce T. Barkley
ISBN-13: 9780071436915, ISBN-10: 007143691X
Format: Paperback
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies, The
Date Published: July 2004
Edition: (Non-applicable)

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Author Biography: Bruce T. Barkley

Bruce T. Barkley has over 30 years of experience in program and project risk management in both industry and government. The coauthor of a successful book on project management, Customer Driven Project Management: Building Quality into Project Processes, Second Edition, Mr. Barkley has succeeded in making risk management clear and practical in a field that has become highly technical and quantified. Mr. Barkley has consulted in project risk management and serves as faculty member with DeVry University (Keller Graduate School of Management) in the Atlanta area. He is a graduate of Wittenberg University, University of Cincinnati, and the University of Southern California, and has previously taught project management at the University of Maryland University College, and served as a senior executive in several federal agencies. He lives in Atlanta with his wife Cathy of 44 years.

Book Synopsis

Risk Management — A Clear and Uncomplicated Approach to Business and Project Risk—

Here is risk, simply put, with practical stories and cases

Barkley's approach to project risk management includes and enhances the current Project Management Institute Body of Knowledge on risk. Clearly spelling out simplified steps and useable risk matrix format, making risk management a team-based art as well as a science, Project Risk Management shows you why do risk and how to:

* Save time in identifying, categorizing, ranking, and assessing risks

* Integrate contingency plans into the project schedule

* Apply practical templates and formats

* "Demystify" risk and integrate risk into business and project planning and control

* Link business strategy and business planning to project risk

* Create risk-based schedules using MS Project software PERT analysis tools

* Relate risk to cost control and budget issues

* "Shield" business projects from risk by addressing risk early and often as part of the project planning and review process

* Pose questions and answers on risk for company education and training

For the business and project professional looking for "doable" risk methods, there is no better reference than Bruce Barkley's Project Risk Management.

Put it to work to improve your project risk profile today!

Bruce T. Barkley has over 30 years of experience in program and project risk management in both industry and government. The coauthor of a successful book on project management, Customer Driven Project Management: Building Quality into Project Processes, Second Edition, Mr. Barkley has succeeded in making risk management clear and practical in a field that has become highly technical and quantified. Mr. Barkley has consulted in project risk management and serves as faculty member with DeVry University (Keller Graduate School of Management) in the Atlanta area. He is a graduate of Wittenberg University, University of Cincinnati, and the University of Southern California, and has previously taught project management at the University of Maryland University College, and served as a senior executive in several federal agencies. He lives in Atlanta with his wife Cathy of 44 years.

Table of Contents

Ch. 1Preparing the organization : building a risk management culture9
Ch. 2The business risk framework21
Ch. 3Doable tools : applying tools strategically37
Ch. 4Demystifying risk : using the PMI PMBOK69
Ch. 5Making risk policy : a risk-based program management manual99
Ch. 6Risk matrix samples121
Ch. 7A case in risk and Microsoft project127
Ch. 8Customer-driven project management, TQM, and risk149
Ch. 9Strategic planning and risk - the Eastern case157
Ch. 10Risk lessons learned and the project risk audit179
App. ACost and risk exercises - how do risk and cost work in a real project setting?185
App. BRisk-based project schedule213
App. CDemystifying business and project risk management : a checklist215

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