Risk management training

Risk management training based on the PMI® standard PMBOK® Guide

Understand the most important risk management techniques and methods, up to the level that allows you to put them into practice in your own company.

Overview

Risk management gained a lot in terms of importance, in the context characterized by the alarms in the global economy. It became a necessity to have in the team persons capable to analyze, monitor and reduce the probability and the impact of risks.

Purpose

The course proposed represents a healthy 5-day introduction in risk management, explaining the theoretical basis, the methods and putting them into practice within a project.

After completing this course, you will obtain:

  • the basic concepts related to risk management
  • a solid basis for the implementation of the risk management concept in the company

After completing this course, you will know how to:

  • determine the probability to achieve the objectives (time, cost, quality, performance)
  • identify and monitor the risks which may affect the objectives
  • reduce the probability that they materialize and to reduce their impact
  • increase the probability that opportunities materialize and to amplify their positive impact

Advantages

  • Training with experienced professionals of the main risk management company in Romania
  • Techniques and methods with value confirmed by practice
  • Out of the 5 days, 2 days are intended for the practical application on a real project
  • Immediate applicability within your company

Structure of the course

Day 1. Basic risk management concepts:

Risk management process – project management area of expertise

Risk management plan

  • methodology
  • defining roles and responsibilities
  • budgeting the risk management
  • risk categories (Risk Breakdown Structure)
  • probability/impact matrix
  • instruments and techniques
  • report formats

What is risk – threats and opportunities

Risk identification

  • techniques for obtaining data (brainstorming, Delphi method, interviews, SWOT method)
  • diagramming techniques (Ishikawa cause and effect diagram, process diagrams, influence diagrams)

Day 2. Basic risk management concepts:

Qualitative analysis of risks

  • probability/impact matrix, creating a risk hierarchy
  • evaluating risk criticality
  • tools and techniques

Quantitative analysis

  • Monte Carlo simulation
  • distribution probabilities, asymmetric distributions
  • sensitivity analysis, analysis of the expected monetary value, decision tree analysis
  • realization probability, reference probabilities

Day 3. Advanced risk management concepts:

Planning the risk response

  • strategies for risks with negative impact (avoidance, transfer, acceptance)
  • strategies for risks with positive impact (exploitation, sharing, intensification, acceptance)
  • contingency strategies
  • “what-if” scenarios
  • cost-benefit analysis
  • cost management, probabilistic cash flow

Risk monitoring and control

  • risk re-evaluation
  • risk audits
  • performance measurement
  • reserve analysis
  • preventive and corrective actions

Days 4, 5. Case studies and practical exercises to cover the whole risk management process

Correlation of theory and practice

  • workshops on applied risk, possibly by using the data of the client

PMI, PMP and PMBOK are registered mark of the Project Management Institute, Inc.