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Monthly Risk Doctor Columns

David Hillson writes a monthly Risk Doctor Column for Project Manager Today Magazine presenting insights, tips and guidance for those interested in applying risk management effectively to their projects. You can read or download these columns from this page.

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Column title Date/page File size Summary Click
"Proving the value of managing risk"
April 2008
page 22
98 KB How can we demonstrate that our efforts to deal with uncertainty are working?
Proving the value of managing risk
"Maturity - good or bad?"
March 2008
page 14
193 KB Everyone assumes maturity is "A Good Thing", but perhaps not. Maybe we should be like Brigitte Bardot or Madonna?
Maturity - good or bad?
"Assume nothing, challenge everything!"
February 2008
page 35
110 KB Using Assumptions & Constraints Analysis to identify risks.
Assume nothing, challenge everything
"Risky Resolutions"
January 2008
page 12
118 KB Four New Year’s resolutions to improve your management of risk.
Risky Resolutions
"Unknown-Unknowns and Risk"
December 2007
page 22
137 KB From that infamous Rumsfeld quote to practical guidelines – how to deal with what you don’t know.
Unknown-Unknowns and Risk

"To quant or not to quant"

November 2007
page 30
114 KB Explores the problems, prerequisites and benefits of using quantitative risk analysis. To quant or not to quant
"The three tenses of risk identification"
October 2007
page 18
133 KB Exploring three types of risk identification techniques: reviewing the past, assessing the present, and predicting the future. The three tenses of risk identification
"Exploring patterns of risk exposure"
September 2007
pages 28-30
201 KB

Using hierarchical frameworks to understand risk (including the new Risk Impact Breakdown Structure, RiBS).

Exploring patterns of risk exposure
"Risk management: The longer view forward" August 2007
page 44
113 KB Surveying the risk management futurescape: three possible futures. Surveying the risk management futurescape: three possible futures.
"Risk management: The long view back" July 2007
page 14
102 KB Tracing the history of risk management through the ages. Tracing the history of risk management through the ages.
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"The benefits of managing risk" June 2007
page 15
89 KB This second part of a risk management cost-benefit analysis outlines the multiple benefits available. (Part 1 in May 2007) The benefits of managing risk
"The cost of managing risk" May 2007
page 30
108 KB The first part of a cost-benefit analysis to calculate ROI for risk management. (Part 2 in June 2007) The cost of managing risk
"Get the frogs off the log" April 2007 130 KB How to ensure that risk responses are implemented. Get the frogs off the log
"Yes but will it work?" March 2007
pages 14-15
148 KB Seven tests for effective risk responses.
Yes but will it work?
"Silver linings in every cloud" February 2007
pages 27-28
134 KB How to find opportunities and avoid scope creep. Silver linings in every cloud
"When is a risk not a risk?" January 2007
pages 15-16
306 KB The need to be clear about what risk management is supposed to be managing. When is a risk not a risk?
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