Project Risk Management: Processes, Techniques and Insights, 2nd Edition

Book Description
Based on sound conceptual foundations yet developed to meet practical concerns, Project Risk Management has become recognized as a standard work on its subject. It sets out the key issues and concepts involved in effective risk and uncertainty management in a clear and accessible way, providing a comprehensive discussion of risk management processes set firmly in the context of the project management task as a whole and focused on improving performance. The Second Edition has been extensively revised and updated to meet the new challenges of the field, and offers methodologies and techniques that are applicable to all kinds and all sizes of project.

Book Info
Text shows how critical an understanding of risk management is in the estimating, planning, implementation, and realization of any project, large or small. For project managers and project risk analysts.

The publisher, John Wiley & Sons
This book argues that risk management is a key task for project managers in any project. It describes a methodology for a systematic approach to risk management and discusses project risk management in the context of the project management task as a whole. Examples illustrate issues, concepts, and methodologies. –This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From the Inside Flap
Extensively revised and updated, this new edition of Project Risk Management builds on the success of the original book in showing how critical an understanding of risk management is in the estimating, planning, implementation and realisation of any project, large or small.

Project Risk Management sets out the key issues and concepts involved in effective risk management in a clear and accessible way, using a methodology that is applicable to all kinds and all sizes of projects, whether requiring detailed, quantitative analysis or a rougher approach using only qualitative analysis.

Project Risk Management met the growing need for a generic methodology that employed a systemic approach to project risk management. In this new edition, the authors expand on their discussion to include the latest developments within the field, and apply risk management processes in the context of the project management task as a whole, with the view to improving overall project performance.

Emphasizing risk management rather than risk evaluation, this book has been developed to meet your practical concerns. Based on a sound conceptual foundation Project Risk Management is a clear, comprehensive guide relevant to anyone involved in managing a project.

About the Author
<b>Chris Chapman</b>, is a Professor of Management Science in the School of Management of the University of Southampton. He was the founding chair of the Association for Project Management Specific Interest group on Project Risk Management. He is a past president of the Operational Research Society and the current chai r of the Committee of Professors in Operational Research. He is an Honourary Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries. For more tha n 25 years his research interest has focused on risk and uncertainty management. Like Stephen, his research is largely consultancy based, and he writes from a practical but conceptually rigorous perspective. He has published extensively, including joint authorship of <i>Management for Engineers</i>, (Wiley 1987), <i>Risk Analysis for Large Projects: Models, Methods and Cases</i>, (Wiley 1987), <i>Project Risk Management: Processes, Techniques and Insights</i>, (Wiley, 1997) and <i>Managing Project Risk and Uncertainty: A Constructively Simple Approach to Decision Making</i>, (Wiley 2002).

<p><b>Stephen Ward</b> is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Management of the University of Southampton. Much of his research is consultancy based, giving him a broad spectrum of practical experience across a wide range of organizations over several decades. He combines this practical perspective with a thorough conceptual understanding from which to write. He has published widely, including contributions to <i>Management for Engineers</i> (Wiley 1987), joint authorship of <i>Project Risk Management: Processes, Techniques and Insights</i>, (Wiley, 1997), and joint authorship of <i>Managing Project Risk and Uncertainty: A Constructively Simple Approach to Decision Making</i>, (Wiley 2002). He is the founding director of Southampton’s MSc in Risk Management.