I don’t know anyone who knows more about Project Risk Management than Glen Alleman. So, when he wrote his first book on the subject, I had to speak with him and share it with you.
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Project Risk Management
In this conversation, Glen Alleman and I discuss:
- I like that Glen spends a lot of pages ensuring readers understand the fundamental ideas that underpin risk management. One of the key ideas he discusses is the distinction between aleatory, epistemic, and ontological risks. These are unfamiliar words, so can you explain them in simple terms and tell us why the distinctions are important?
My own video on these risk types is 4 Types of Project Risk – Different Forms of Uncertainty | Video - At the heart of Glen’s approach to risk management is what he calls the Risk Handling Plan. What is this, and how do project professionals create one?
- I think where Glen’s book really stands out from other books at the same or a similar level – including my own – is in the excellent chapter on Risk Tracking. What advice would Glen give to a project manager who wants to elevate this part of the project management practice?
Glen Alleman
I think of Glen Alleman as the project manager’s project manager. He has such a depth of experience – particularly in large scale complex projects in the government and defense sectors – that he is someone I am constantly learning from.
He is outspoken on many aspects of our profession but, unlike so many voices, he is astonishingly well-read and thoughtful. His rigorous approach shows the profession at its best.
His book Performance Based Project Management is one of the best mid-teir project management books, so I was excited when he turned to risk management for his second book, which he wrote with co-author Jon Quigley.
It combines Glen’s characteristic rigor with brilliant clarity.
Glen Alleman: Links
- Connect with Glen Alleman on LinkedIn
- His book, Risk Management
- His book, Performance-Based Project Management
- The book about the Rocky Flats project that Glen talks about: Making the Impossible Possible
- Glen’s Risk Management Resources
- Glen’s Root Cause Analysis Resources
- US Department of Energy Risk Management Guide
- Mike’s Basic Earned Value Primer: The Basics of EVM
Recommended Videos to Help with Risk Management
Carefully curated video recommendations for you:
- Risk Management 101: An Introduction to Project Risk Management
- Project Risk Management – How to Manage Project Risk | Video
- Risk Identification: How to Identify Project Risks | Video
- How to Create a Risk Management Plan | Video
- What to Put in Your Risk Register (Risk Log) | Video
- 5 Ways to Remove a Risk Entirely | Video
- How to Do Risk Management in Agile Projects | Video
- PMI-RMP: All you Need to Know about PMI’s Risk Management Certification
- PMI-RMP: PMI’s Risk Management Professional Certification – with Harry Hall
Recommended Articles to Help with Risk Management
- Ultimate Guide to Project Risk Management
- 10 Step Risk Management Kick-off for Your Project
- Every Project Management Risk Response Strategy: Are there 6, 7 or more?
- 10 Things Project Managers Need to Know about Strategic Risk Management
What Kit does a Project Manager Need?
I asked Project Managers in a couple of forums what material things you need to have, to do your job as a Project Manager. They responded magnificently. I compiled their answers into a Kit list. I added my own.
Check out the Kit a Project Manager needs
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