PM Insight Sunnyvale Virtual Meeting - Risk Management, Not Risky Management
PM Insight-Sunnyvale Virtual Meeting:
Risk Management, Not Risky Management
Most projects have a budget and schedule, yet many are delivered late and over budget. Why? The primary reason is risks become issues. Therefore, if we want to improve our project success rate, we can prioritize project risk management practices. However, the problem we face is many risk management techniques are overly complicated, with some requiring advanced statistics. The result is practitioners often neglect project risk management, leading to less-than-successful project outcomes. The key to project success is risk management, not risky management.
Dr Skulmoski presents a simple risk management framework that can immediately be used on most projects, most of the time. Greg will also share a technique to quickly develop cost and duration estimates in conditions of uncertainty, like a cybersecurity-threatened business environment with a race toward digital transformation or a transition to post-quantum cryptography. Risk management is a critical success factor outlined in Greg’s book Shields Up: A Project Management Approach to Cybersecurity (2022).
Takeaways:
- Identify high-impact risks early in the project
- Develop duration and cost estimates that are risk-informed
- Learn how to significantly reduce tail-end complexity in digital transformation and other technology projects
- Learn a new risk identification technique you can immediately use on your projects
About the Instructor:
Greg Skulmoski
Greg Skulmoski is an award-winning project manager having led critical infrastructure projects in Australia, the Middle East, and Canada. Greg’s innovative use of project management tools and processes won the CISO 2017 Middle East Security Award (for risk management in digital transformation projects). Later, Greg was one of the project managers for the Smartphone-Connected Pacemaker Devices program that placed third in Cleveland Clinic’s Top 10 Medical Innovations for 2021. Greg has a long history with PMI as far back as serving on the year 2000 PMBOK® Guide Update Project Team (PMBOK® Guide 2000, Appendix C.2, p. 175) and receiving the Project Management Institute’s Robert J. Yourzak Award in 2001. Dr Skulmoski currently teaches risk management and project innovation management at Bond University in the Faculty of Society and Design, in Australia. Greg’s critically acclaimed book – "Shields Up: Cybersecurity Project Management" brings together research and practice into a concise guide to cybersecurity projects. Greg and Chris Walker wrote "Cybersecurity Readiness: A Project Management Approach to Training" (2024). Dr Skulmoski and Dr Ashkan Memari are writing "Quantum Cybersecurity: A Transition Plan" (2024 Q4)
Meeting Leader: Kuntal Thakore, PMP, CSM
Online Registration
PMI Silicon Valley Members: 5.00
Non-Members: 5.00
Students & Veterans: Free (Please contact Meeting Leader for the discount code)
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