MAN6301 : Project Risk Management Class Presentation – Management Assignment Task : Overview of Risk

MAN6301 : Project Risk Management Class Presentation – Management Assignment
Task :
Overview of Risk – The Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster
Describe the complexity of the Columbia Shuttle situation and how it led to a disaster, in spite of the risk being known. Discuss the limitations to risk management in everyday projects and to what extent we might be kidding ourselves by doing standard “risk management”.
Risk Planning – Altex Corporation
Develop your presentation by providing the theoretical basis for the topic covered in the case and then address the practical issues raised in the questions shown at the end of the case vignette.
Risk Identification
In project management the Risk Breakdown Structure (RBS) is similar to the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) in that the lowest levels of both are assigned to a responsible party or owner. Discuss the terms of RBS and WBS and provide examples of each to demonstrate the statement above, noting overlaps, similarities and differences. Also discuss the relationship they might have to each other.
Qualitative Analysis – Luxor Technologies (Kerzner H, 2013)Develop your presentation by providing the theoretical basis for the topic covered in the case and then address the practical issues raised in the questions shown at the end of the case vignette.
Quantitative Analysis
Many project managers find quantitative analysis unnecessary, complex and tiresome. Research and present the barriers which put many project managers off quantitative analysis and then describe the conditions under which it might sensibly be done (e.g. take a look at the RAND…..