Project Management Foundations: Risk

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Free Online Course: Project Management Foundations: Risk provided by LinkedIn Learning is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 1-2 hours worth of material. The course is taught in English and is free of charge. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from LinkedIn Learning. Project Management Foundations: Risk is taught by Bob McGannon.

Overview
  • Learn how to anticipate, assess, and manage risk to achieve your project’s goals.

Syllabus
  • Introduction

    • Project risk: A battle of resiliency
    1. Risk Characteristics and Planning
    • Project risk: A product of uncertainty
    • Incorporating risk in a complex environment
    • Managing risk, ambiguity, and project stakeholders
    • Dealing with volatility in a project environment
    • The components of a project management risk plan
    2. Risk Outcomes: Threats and Opportunities
    • Project risk identification methods
    • Project threats
    • Project opportunities
    3. Tailoring Project Uncertainty
    • Understanding risk appetite and tolerance
    • Determining project risk analysis level
    • Budgeting for risk
    • Project vs. task risk
    4. Strategic Risk Management
    • Managing project risk strategically
    • Managing unknown unknowns
    • Identifying risk triggers
    • Uncertainty of requirements and technology
    5. Optimizing Risk Responses
    • The PM risk standard
    • Challenge: Staffing uncertainty
    • Solution: Staffing uncertainty
    • Challenge: Requirements volatility
    • Solution: Requirements volatility
    • Challenge: Technology deployment
    • Solution: Technology deployment
    Conclusion
    • Your risk management toolkit