Project Management at its roots is in fact Risk Management. PMI® defines a successful project as receiving the function expected, on the original date and at the price originally committed. When surveyed, most executives regardless of the industry they represent, will state that what they received in terms of a project delivery satisfied that requirement only about 24% of the time.
Project Risk Management is a survey course which addresses the current state of risk management and presents current industry best practices. This course uses a case-study based methodology which provides:
Students will be given the opportunity to directly apply the knowledge gained in the team setting and through individual exercises. This provides a practical approach to explore proven strategies while reinforcing the importance of risk management in achieving enterprise goals and objectives in today’s volatile business environment. Due to the brevity of this course, only Risk Identification and Risk Quantification will contain detailed exercises. Follow-on processes and analysis methodologies will be covered at a high level only.
Who should attend?
As President of Abudi Consulting Group, LLC, a woman-owned small business, Gina Abudi utilizes her 25+ years of consulting, coaching and executive leadership experience to work closely with executives and Boards of Directors of mid- to large global organizations to lead and support strategic, transformational change initiatives. Her work is focused on coaching leaders on change, providing consulting services to drive successful change in organizations, and offering training programs related to leading and championing/supporting change.
Gina is the lead author of Best Practices for Managing BPI Projects: Six Simple Steps (J. Ross Publishing, 2015) and author of Implementing Positive Organizational Change: A Strategic Project Management Approach (J. Ross Publishing, 2017.) She is working on her next book with J Ross Publishing, The Profit Maximizing Culture: A Strategic Guide to Building your Organization’s Change Capabilities. (Exp. 2023.)
She received her MBA from Simmons University Graduate School of Management. She is an adjunct faculty member at UNH, Clark University and Tufts Medical School (School of Public Health.)
