Risk Management, 5th Edition

Introduction

This latest edition of Risk Management: Concepts and Guidance is designed to provide a look at risk in light of the current information and yet remains grounded in the history of risk practice. As a reference volume, it provides a fundamental introduction on the basics associated with particular techniques; as an educational tool, it clarifies the concepts of risk and how they apply in projects. For those immersed in project management culture, it is now compliant with the Project Management Institute, Inc. publication, A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide), Fourth Edition.

When originally published, this material was geared toward the government environment. In the first edition, the effort was to reorient ...