Practical project risk management : the ATOM methodology

Practical project risk management : the ATOM methodology /

"This new edition of an award-winning risk management classic is more actionable than ever with new chapters on facilitating risk conversations and running a risk workshop"--

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Bibliographic Details
Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Main Authors: Hillson, David, 1955- (Author), Simon, Peter, 1956- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oakland, CA : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2020
Edition:Third edition.
Subjects:
Risk management > Methodology.
Project management.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Half Title
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Foreword to the Third Edition
  • Authors' Preface
  • PART I: The Problem
  • 1 The Challenge of Managing Risk
  • Risk-The Definition Debate
  • Clarifying Some Confusions
  • Using Risk Management on Projects
  • Benefits of Effective Risk Management
  • 2 Making It Work
  • Why Don't We Do It?
  • Turning Negatives into Positives
  • Four Difficult Challenges
  • The Critical Success Factors for Risk Management
  • Conclusion
  • 3 Active Threat and Opportunity Management-The ATOM Risk Process
  • Introducing ATOM
  • Project Sizing
  • ATOM for the Medium-Sized Project
  • Comparison to Existing Standards
  • Conclusion
  • PART II: Applying ATOM to a Medium-Sized Project
  • 4 Start at the Beginning (Initiation)
  • Inputs
  • Activities
  • Outputs
  • Summary
  • 5 Exposing the Challenge (Identific ation)
  • Inputs
  • Activities
  • Outputs
  • Summary
  • 6 Understand the Exposure (Assessment)
  • Inputs
  • Activities
  • Outputs
  • Summary
  • 7 Options and Actions (Response Planning)
  • Inputs
  • Activities
  • Outputs
  • Summary
  • 8 Spread the Word (Reporting)
  • Inputs
  • Activities
  • Outputs
  • Summary
  • 9 Just Do It (Implementation)
  • Inputs
  • Activities
  • Outputs
  • Summary
  • 10 Keep It Alive (Major Reviews)
  • Inputs
  • Activities
  • Outputs
  • Summary
  • 11 Ongoing Updates (Minor Reviews)
  • Inputs
  • Activities
  • Outputs
  • Summary
  • 12 Learn from Experience (Post-Project Review)
  • Inputs
  • Activities
  • Outputs
  • Summary
  • PART III: Variations on a Theme
  • 13 ATOM for Small Projects
  • Less Is More
  • Initiation
  • Identification
  • Assessment
  • Response Planning
  • Reporting
  • Implementation
  • Review
  • Post-Project Review
  • Conclusion
  • 14 ATOM for Large Projects
  • Bigger Is Better
  • Initiation
  • Identification
  • Assessment
  • Response Planning
  • Reporting
  • Implementation
  • Review
  • Post-Project Review
  • Conclusion
  • 15 Simulating Possible Futures (Quantitative Risk Analysis)
  • Introducing Quantitative Risk Analysis Using Monte Carlo Simulation
  • Quantitative Risk Analysis in the Project Life Cycle
  • Quantitative Risk Analysis in the ATOM Process
  • Getting Started
  • Analysis
  • Interpreting Outputs
  • Using Results
  • Conclusion
  • 16 The ATOM Risk Workshop
  • Variants on the ATOM Risk Workshop
  • Assessment of Probability and Impacts during the Assessment Step
  • Conclusion
  • 17 Facilitation in the ATOM Risk Management Process
  • The Facilitation Spectrum
  • People Skills
  • Critical Success Factors for Risk Facilitation
  • Conclusion
  • 18 Managing Risk in Programs and Portfolios
  • Aim and Scope of Program and Portfolio Risk Management
  • Managing Risk in Programs and Portfolios
  • Remaining Challenges and the Way Ahead
  • Epilogue: Next Steps
  • Step 1: Appoint an Orga nizational Risk Sponsor
  • Step 2: Tailor the ATOM Process
  • Step 3: Pilot Application

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