
Define risk, differentiate risk from issue, and explain risk appetite and risk tolerance, then outline eight risk management principles, benefits, and organizational applications.
Define risk as the effect of uncertainties on objectives, per ISO 31000:2018, noting threats and opportunities by considering consequences and likelihood. Emphasize balancing risk and rewards to achieve objectives.
Differentiate risk from issue and identify uncertainties; monitor risks with a risk register and address issues with workarounds.
Learn the difference between risk appetite and risk tolerance, with practical examples from individuals and the construction industry, including reimbursable versus lumpsum contracts and decision impacts.
Explore the definition and process of risk management per ISO 31000:2018, covering risk identification, assessment, prioritization, resource allocation, and actions to minimize negative risk or maximize opportunities.
Explore how risk management improves decision making under uncertainty, reduces surprises, reassures stakeholders, and allocates resources effectively across sectors such as finance, medicine, information technology, project management, and space operations.
Explore the five steps of risk management—plan risk management, identify, analyse, plan and implement risk responses, and monitor—while addressing internal and external context, policy, appetite, definitions, roles, and tools.
Analyze risks using a qualitative probability and impact matrix to prioritize high priority items from the risk register. Learn to score with five point scales and focus on actionable risks.
Identify high risk items with a probability and impact matrix; address negative risks with avoid, mitigate, transfer, or accept, and prepare for positive risks like exploit, enhance, share, or accept.
explore four strategies to capitalize on opportunities in enterprise risk management: exploit, enhance, share, and accept. plan and implement risk responses, and monitor them with the risk register.
Monitor and control risks by updating the risk register, tracking actions, collecting lessons learned, pruning outdated risks, and auditing the risk management process to improve future outcomes.
Explore risk based thinking in ISO 9001, compare it with formal risk management, and learn how planning, risk identification, action effectiveness analysis, and updating risks drive preventive and corrective action.
Explore failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) as a proactive design and production quality tool, evaluating severity, occurrence, and detection to compute the risk priority number (RPN) and guide improvements.
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This course is accredited by the globally renowned The CPD Group (UK). CPD Provider #784310 Accreditation # 1016187.
This course teaches the concepts of Risk Management in simple, understandable language. In addition to the basic definition and fundamental concepts related to Risk Management, this course teaches how to implement Risk Management in an organization.
Five steps of risk management include Planning for Risk Management, Identifying Risks, Analyzing Risks, Planning Risk Response and Implementation, and Monitoring and Controlling Risks.
Identified risks are recorded in the risk register. These risks are analyzed using quantitative or qualitative techniques. One commonly used qualitative technique is the Probability and Impact Matrix. I have explained this easy-to-use technique in detail in this course.
I have also included a template for a Risk Register, which can help you start implementing Risk Management in your organization.
Risks could be negative or positive (opportunity). What are the approaches to address positive and negative risks?
ISO 9001:2015 requires Risk-Based Thinking to be applied to all processes.
What is covered in this course?
Section 01: Introduction to Risk Management
A Defining Risk
B Risk vs. Issue
C Risk Appetite and Tolerance
D Defining Risk Management
E Risk Management Principles
F Application of Risk Management
Section 02: Five Simple Steps
A Plan Risk Management Risk
B Identify Risks
C Analyze Risks
D Plan and Implement Risk Responses
E Monitor and Control Risks
Section 03: Conclusion
A Risk Register
B Risk Based Thinking
C Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA)
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Continuous Professional Development (CPD) Units:
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