Practical Risk Assessment for Project Management

Informationen zum Autor Stephen Grey is the author of Practical Risk Assessment for Project Management, published by Wiley. Klappentext In the estimating, planning and management of any project, large or small, an understanding of the impact of risk is critical. This book explains how the growing number of people choosing to or forced to organise their work as projects can make realistic assessments of the uncertainty affecting costs, timescale and revenue, before commitments are made. A clear analysis of the role of uncertainty is combined in this concise and practical handbook with simple, cost-effective techniques for measuring and modelling the overall risk to a project's budget and schedule. There is advice and help here for the whole project team, including project managers; bid managers; project sales professionals; planners; estimators; managers running a project-based business; and consultants and auditors advising a projects business. Drawn from the author's extensive experience on projects ranging in scale from a few man-months to hundreds of man-years, the book will beelevant to anyone involved in a project-based business. Examples are presented as simple models, built in spreadsheets using the @Risk software package. No more than basic knowledge of Lotus 1-2-3(R) or Excel(R) will be required by the reader. Zusammenfassung This handbook presents simple techniques for the analysis and management of risk and uncertainty. Primarily for those in IT but of relevance to any project-based business! the text assumes no more than a basic knowlege of Lotus 123 or Excel. Inhaltsverzeichnis Project Risk Assessment. Modelling and Simulation. Cost Risk. Schedule Risk. Business Forecast Risk. Alternative Techniques and Tools. References. Index.

Product details

• Authors: Grey, S Grey, Stephen Grey, Stephen (ICL Grey, Grey Stephen
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.04.1995
• EAN: 9780471939795
• ISBN: 978-0-471-93979-5
• No. of pages: 250
• Series: Wiley Series in Software Engin; Wiley Series in Software Engineering Practice
• Subjects: Guides > Law, job, finance; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > IT; Software Engineering, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Project Management, COMPUTERS / Software Development & Engineering / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Budgeting, Information technology industries, Project management, Budgeting & financial management, Budgeting and financial management