Effective Opportunity Management for Projects

David Hillson is an International Risk Management Consultant, as well as Director of Risk Doctor & Partners, Petersfield, Hampshire, United Kingdom. A popular conference speaker and author on risk, he has won several awards for his papers. Specializing in risk technology transfer (assisting organizations to develop effective in-house risk processes), he is recognized internationally as a leading thinker and practitioner in risk management and has developed a number of innovative approaches to identifying, assessing, and managing risk, which have been widely adopted. Dr. Hillson is an active member of the global Project Management Institute (PMI) and was a founder member of its Risk Management Specific Interest Group. He received the 2002 PMI Distinguished Contribution Award for his work in developing risk management over many years. He is a Fellow of the UK Association for Project Management (APM) and a Fellow of the UK Institute of Risk Management (IRM), as well as a member of the Chartered Management Institute.

Foreword (David Hulett), Foreword (Chris Chapman), Foreword (Stephen Grey), Preface, PART I: THE CASE FOR OPPORTUNITY MANAGEMENT, 1. The Nature of Risk, 2. Existing Approaches to Risk Management, PART II: THE OPPORTUNITY MANAGEMENT PROCESS, 3. Definition, 4. Identification, 5. Qualitative Assessment, 6. Quantitative Analysis, 7. Planning Responses, 8. Monitoring, Control, and Review, PART III: CONCLUDING CONSIDERATIONS, 9. Implementation Issues, 10. Future Opportunities!, Appendix: Results from a Survey Exploring Definitions, References and Further Reading, Index