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  title info:
    title: Capturing upside risk
    sub title: finding and managing opportunities in projects
  name:
    name part: Hillson, David
    name part: 1955-
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: nyu
    date issued: 2019
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource (xxx, 270 pages)
  abstract: With more than three decades of experience as a thought-leader and expert practitioner, PMI Fellow Dr. David Hillson shares practical insight into howupside risks can be identified, assessed, and managed asopportunities. After reviewing the benefits of identifying opportunities, the book steps through the opportunity identification and management process in detail, describing proven tools and techniques as well as specific tips to make them work in practice. The book places opportunity management in the context of traditional risk management, providinga familiarpathway that leadsproject managers to discover new benefits and successes. David Hillson is one of the foremost authorities on risk management. With his latest book he presents a strong case for managing opportunities. As with all of David's books, the style of writing is engaging and easy to understand. There are many nuggets of wisdom in this book, as well as a hands-on approach to leveraging opportunity management as a way of improving project performance. -- Cyndi Snyder Dionisio, PMI Fellow, Coronado CA, USA. (Chair of the PMBOK®Guide, Sixth Edition) I enjoyed reading this book, which is precise, clear, logical, and persuasive. The clarity of thought and expression explains why David is such a sought-after speaker. This book is a must-read for project risk practitioners, as well as for project professionals who are serious about addressing all the risks on their project, including the good ones. -- Dr Dale Cooper, Cammeray NSW, Australia. (Director, Broadleaf Capital International) At last, a clear and valuable book linking both sides of the coin in risk management: threats and opportunities. David Hillson truly engages the reader on how to deal with these two types of risk in projects, sharing his wisdom and extensive experience in creating value from risk management. Anyone who has to manage risk in real-world projects should read this book to enhance their opportunity management skills. -- Professor S…
  table of contents: Section A. Why Opportunities Matter. Chapter 1. What Are Opportunities? ; Chapter 2. What Are Opportunities in Projects? ; Chapter 3. How to Manage Project Opportunities -- Section B. Managing Project Opportunities. Chapter 4. Setting the Scene for Opportunity Management ; Chapter 5. Finding Opportunities ; Chapter 6. Picking Winners ; Chapter 7. Using Numbers to Model Opportunities ; Chapter 8. Deciding What to Do ; Chapter 9. Taking Action ; Chapter 10. Telling Others ; Chapter 11. Keeping Up to Date ; Chapter 12. Identifying Risk-Related Lessons -- Section C. And Finally ... Chapter 13. Making It Work.
  note: David Hillson.
  note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
  note: Known globally as The Risk Doctor, Dr David Hillson is a thought-leader and expert practitioner who speaks and writes widely on risk management. David has advised leaders and organizations in over 50 countries around the world on how to create value from risk, based on a mature approach to risk management, and his wisdom and insights are in high demand. Hillson has a well-deserved reputation as an excellent speaker and presenter on risk. His talks blend thought-leadership with practical application, presented in an accessible style that combines clarity with humor, guided by his motto: "Understand profoundly so you can explain simply". He has also written 11 major books on risk, and over 100 professional papers. He has developed significant innovations that are now widely accepted as best practice, including broadening the risk process to cover proactive opportunity management.
  subject:
    topic: Project management
  subject:
    topic: Risk management
  subject:
    topic: Risk Management
  subject:
    topic: Gestion de projet
  subject:
    topic: Gestion du risque
  subject:
    topic: risk management
  subject:
    topic: BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
    topic: Project Management
  subject:
    topic: COMPUTERS
    topic: Information Technology
  subject:
    topic: TECHNOLOGY
    topic: Engineering
    topic: General
  subject:
    topic: Project management
  subject:
    topic: Risk management
  classification: HD69.P75
  classification: 658.404
  identifier: 9780367360450
  identifier: 0367360454
  identifier: 9781000691122
  identifier: 1000691128
  identifier: 9781000690958
  identifier: 1000690954
  identifier: 9781000690781
  identifier: 1000690784
  identifier: 9780815382515
  identifier: 9780367360450 Taylor & Francis
  identifier: 9781000691122 O'Reilly Media
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  record info:
    record content source: TYFRS
    record creation date: 190711
    record change date: 20260129210401.8
    record identifier: in00004668856
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng