Risk Management Planning with Expert Judgement
University of Maryland, College Park via Coursera
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Learn practical approaches to identifying, assessing, and managing project risks to support better planning, stronger decision-making, and more successful project outcomes.
Explore how to develop risk management strategies using tools such as risk registers, risk matrices, probability assessment, and expert judgment. Discover how uncertainty, cognitive biases, and noise can influence project estimates and budgets, and how structured approaches can improve the quality of planning and decision-making.
Learn when to mitigate, transfer, accept, or avoid risks, and how to create effective response strategies throughout the project lifecycle.
Designed for project managers, engineers, construction professionals, and students, this course provides practical frameworks for managing uncertainty, making informed decisions, and delivering projects with greater confidence.
Every project involves uncertainty, but successful project managers know how to anticipate risks before they become problems.
Syllabus
- Week 1
- Explore the fundamentals of project risk management by examining the nature of risk, uncertainty, and their impact on project outcomes. Through the Panama Canal expansion case study, learn how to identify and evaluate project risks to support more informed planning and decision making.
- Week 2
- Explore the essential tools and techniques for planning and documenting project risks. Learn how to create risk registers, assess risks using a risk matrix, and organize risk information to support effective project planning and decision making.
- Week 3
- Explore methods for assessing project uncertainty by examining probability, expert judgment, and common decision-making biases. Learn how to estimate risk more effectively and improve the accuracy of project risk assessments.
- Week 4
- Explore how variability and bias in human judgment can affect project risk assessments and decision making. Learn techniques for evaluating subjective judgments, leveraging collective expertise, and reducing uncertainty in project planning and budgeting.
- Week 5
- Explore strategies for responding to project risks by evaluating when to avoid, transfer, mitigate, or accept uncertainty. Learn how to develop effective risk response strategies and apply them to support successful project outcomes.
- 6.0 Final Exam
- Test your knowledge!
Taught by
Gregory Baecher
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The training provided valuable insights into structured approaches for identifying and assessing risks using expert judgement. It reinforced the importance of engaging the right stakeholders early and applying a balanced mix of qualitative and quantitative techniques. The course also highlighted practical strategies for improving decision-making under uncertainty