Objective
This course aims to develop skills in the quantification of various risks and uncertainties that (potentially) impact an opportunity evaluation or project execution. It also provides a bridge between risk management activities and probabilistic valuation.
Content
In the risk management practice (either at enterprise or project level) it is common to maintain a risk register. Dealing with such risks is usually done in a qualitative manner: descriptions, probability and impact rankings, mitigation options etc.
It is proven to be very useful to aim for an additional and selective quantified approach: assign numeric probabilities and ranges to the more important risks following a bow tie analysis (decomposing risks in causes, events and implications).
In this way such risks can also be incorporated in quantitative analysis models.
Whereas our learning bites and courses focus on the methodologies and theory, practitioners may also be interested in some tools that can assist with uncertainty and risk quantification: take a look at the site of Goexplore Consulting.
Target audience
Risk managers, project staff, project economists, financial analysts, strategy consultants.
Duration
10-15 hours including all assignments.
90 days access to course and Q&A by the internal messaging system.
Signing up
Please use the contact form to express interest.
List of topics
There are 9 modules consisting of an introductory video, an interactive lesson, assignments and an end of lesson quiz.
- Definition – what do we mean with risk, different types of risk
- Risk management – overview of risk management concepts and techniques
- Risk modelling – how to untangle a risk in preparation of quantification
- Biases – how to mitigate biases in quantifications
- Historic data analysis – the importance of lookbacks
- Range assessment – using a judgemental process to quantify a range variable
- Italian flag – an evidence based technique to assess a probability
- The analysis of competing hypotheses – assessing the weights of multiple possible outcomes of an event or development
- Facilitation and communication – some good practices for soliciting input
Feedback from participants
“It is a good mix of videos, narrative and excel – providing tools to work with.”
“I like the detailed description of techniques and processes taught in the course.”
“The examples and test questions are really good.”
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