Identifying and Managing Project Risk: Essential Tools for Failure-Proofing Your Project

Identifying and Managing Project Risk is a practical guide to minimizing the possibility of failure in critical projects. The book takes readers step by step through every phase of a project, showing them how to consider the possible risks involved at every point in the process. Relevant figures and diagrams support the text and illustrate key scenarios. At the end of each chapter is an analysis of how the principles just discussed applied to a supreme example of what many once considered a truly impossible project: the building of the Panama Canal.

Packed with real-world information, this book is essential reading for any project manager seeking to complete projects smoothly and successfully.

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All Customer Reviews
Average Customer Review:
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

A useful book, 2009-07-06
The book is excellent to improve your knowledge in Risk Management area and useful to understand some tools available to management project risk.


1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

For senior management too, 2009-02-23
I like the overall approach and emphasis on risk management. They are addressed intuitively to a smaller or greater degree but without the rigor needed. This book brings out the need for discipline of risk management. The transformational part of the lesson is around Portfolio and Enterprise risk management - making risk management processes a building block for organizational learning. A powerful concept brought out in the book making it relevant for senior management teams


1 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

The Definitive Book on Risk for Project Managers, 2008-09-04
Having purchased close to a thousand copies of this book is an indicator of how much I value it's contents. I regularly teach project risk management and this is the text provided to supplement the course. It is an easy read and provides practical, implementable guidance.

The Risk Questionaaire provided is a valuable framework that can be easily tailored to your organization.

This book should be a part of every project managers library.

Dr. James T. Brown PMP PE CSP
Author - The Handbook of Program Management


12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

In search of good books on managing project risks, 2008-06-03
This book provides an overview on how to manage certain types of project risks (some risks are not covered, e.g. financial) and, implicitly, only IT projects and not other types of projects (e.g. construction). Like many books on this topic, the treatment is uneven. The strengths are its logical structure and clear exposition. I knocked off 2 stars because a) there is a disconnect between the text (mostly IT-related) and case study (building of Panama Canal), and b) neglect of contractual issues, the key instrument of risk management. This is the book for you to read if you have no idea about project risk management.


1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

A pretty good book, 2007-05-25
While I'm using this as required reading for a grad school class on Risk Management, I'd read this even if it wasn't required. Engaging for a not-so-easy subject to talk about, along with good and relevant examples. Talking about big and small projects, you get a feeling as you read that this book is for you, not just "big time companies" with mega projects.

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