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The Project Manager's Guide to Handling Risk »
Authors: Webb
ISBN-13: 9780566085710, ISBN-10: 0566085712
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Limited
Date Published: December 2003
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Author Biography: Webb
Book Synopsis
Webb, a project management consultant, offers a practical guide to the process of handling risk in this book/CD-ROM package for project managers. He introduces the nature of risk and the basis of risk analysis, then explores how and where different patterns of risk emerge within the life of a project, and describes the variety of tools and techniques for risk analysis and management and how to use them. He also provides an assessment of the current range of software tools that deal with various aspects of risk management. The CD-ROM contains samples of available software packages. The book is distributed in the US by Ashgate. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Table of Contents
| List of Examples | ||
| List of Figures | ||
| List of Tables | ||
| Foreword | ||
| Preface | ||
| 1 | Introduction | 1 |
| 2 | Origins and History | 5 |
| 3 | Understanding the Nature of Risk | 17 |
| 4 | Risks in Projects | 27 |
| 5 | Project Selection | 34 |
| 6 | Making Decisions in Uncertain Situations | 48 |
| 7 | Changing Conditions | 71 |
| 8 | The Risk Management Process | 89 |
| 9 | Organizational Issues | 103 |
| 10 | Managing with Risk Analysis Methods | 124 |
| 11 | Software for Risk Analysis and Management | 140 |
| App. I | Terms used in the discussion and description of risk analysis and management | 163 |
| App. II | Software products and vendors | 169 |
| App. III | Software products on the CD-ROM | 172 |
| Index | 175 |
Subjects
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Management & Leadership Project Management
Business Books Management & Leadership Risk Management
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