This course looks at risk identification, qualitative and quantitative techniques to identify the likelihood of a risk occurring and the impact if it does. A variety of risk response strategies are discussed and practiced during workshop exercises. Upon course completion, participants will be more confident in their ability to manage uncertainty.

Learning objectives

Participants will gain practical skills to:

• Apply a common framework of risk management
• Value the importance of including risk management in project planning and execution
• Facilitate team discussions to identify project risks and opportunities and formulate risk responses
• Analyse risks and select response strategies appropriate to priorities and an organization’s risk tolerances 
• Use expected monetary value to assess the reasonableness of risk response strategies

Who should participate?

This course is appropriate for individuals who are:

• Project Managers and team members who already work in a well-established project management environment but wish to improve their project risk management processes.
• Members of a project team looking to “jump-start” their risk management on a new and risky project.

Length of course:  Two days, (9:30 am–1:00 pm ADT); online

Cost: $599 plus tax

Facilitated by: Janice Petley