This practical and easy-to-use Course in a Book by Rita Mulcahy, author of the best selling PMP Exam Prep book, is based on years of project experience and teaching risk management to IT, IS, construction, new product development, aerospace, manufacturing, e-business and utility professions.
It contains Tricks of the Trade from 141 world wide contributors and international risk research. It includes subjects and innovative tricks that no one else has written about. The methodology prevents many of the problems faced on projects and shows how to do it, not just what to do.
Over a thousand sample risks and risk categories are included to help you identify risks that you have not previously thought about. Use and modify the included templates to your projects. Risk Management, Tricks of the Trade for Project Managers includes exams, games and exercises that utilize adult and accelerated learning to increase your knowledge in fast and fun ways.
Information in this book will help you prepare for the PMP and CAPM exams. Access to RMC's new Risk Website will be included to all book purchasers.
As expected, the book observes PMI standards, but more than that, it shows how risk can be managed effectively in the real world, using specific examples.
Lack of effective risk management is one of the leading causes of project failure, and all too often, risk management is ignored altogether - perceived as an expensive burden. This book takes a realistic approach, examining both full scale risk management (including quantitative methods) and the minimum effective risk management needed for project success. In many industries, that's all that's needed.
Best of all, it offer dozens of examples of real life risks and risk responses across a variety of industries.
All in all, highly recommended for anyone needing to develop risk management processes or trying to improve their risk management skills.