Chapman, C. B.

Project risk management : processes, techniques, and insights Chris Chapman and Stephen Ward - 2nd ed. - Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, c2003. - xviii, 389 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 361-368) and index.

Project Risk Management Second Edition; Contents; Foreword to the first edition; Foreword to the second edition; Preface; Acknowledgements; Part I Setting the scene; 1 Uncertainty, risk, and their management; 2 The project life cycle; 3 Motives for formal risk management processes; 4 An overview of generic risk management processes; Part II Elaborating the generic process framework; 5 Define the project; 6 Focus the process; 7 Identify the issues; 8 Structure the issues; 9 Clarify ownership; 10 Estimate variability; 11 Evaluate overall implications; 12 Harness the plans.

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.

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Project management
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