Live Webinar May 8th, 2011 – 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm EDT
Presented by the McGill University (REP #2239) Course ID:YWB6
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 Category A PDU – $69.00 CAD PDU
Note: Special Discount for PMI Members Only – $49.00 CAD

Over the course of a project, managers must contend with any number of factors that will impact schedule, scope, budget, or quality. Knowing how to identify and quantify these factors is one thing. While much has been written on the topic of project risk management by way of processes, approaches, formulas and methodologies, there is little data on exactly how project managers can translate risk information into actionable items, whether in planning for risk or in responding to it when it materializes.

Effective project managers are not only good at identifying threats and responding to them, but they also show a strong ability to foresee trouble and to seize opportunities when they present themselves. Risk management is about planning not only for what you know might happen, but also for what you don’t know might happen.

This webinar is designed to provide project managers with tools that will help them understand the dynamics of risk management so that they can not only plan effectively, but maximize their response to threats and opportunities, both foreseen and unforeseen, when they materialize.

Benefits:

• Participants will learn how the risk management process translates into concrete actions
• Participants will learn how stakeholders react to perceived risks, and how project managers should react to potential opportunities.
• Participants will be introduced to concrete methods and tools to help manage project risks effectively.

This presentation will cover the following sections:

1. Overview of the Risk Management Process
   There are multiple inputs to and outputs from the risk management process. The key to effective risk management is in understanding where the inputs come from, and what to do with the outputs.
2. The heuristics of risk identification
   How do individuals identify risks and quantify them? What makes something a risk to someone and not to another? What makes an individual want to bring out the proverbial cannon to kill the fly?
3. Threats and Opportunities
   Risks can be categorized as threats or opportunities, and there is risk in ignoring either of those.
4. Concrete Risk Responses
   Managing threats and opportunities means developing appropriate responses that will be implemented if a risk materializes. It also means being able to capture risk knowledge at the organizational level, and understanding which responses work and which ones don’t.

Presenter: Réal Ouellette PMP MCTS (LinkedIn profile) is the president and founder of Nexop, a national project and risk management consultancy specializing in operational effectiveness. Nexop has also trained hundreds of participants in project and portfolio management, risk management, and operational excellence, and is a Microsoft Enterprise Project Management (EPM) partner. Réal has over thirty years of experience in management and IT, acquired mostly in the financial, legal and pharmaceutical sectors.A lecturer in the Advanced Project Management program at McGill University’s School of Continuing Studies, Réal is also a regular guest speaker at industry conferences such as Project World.

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