Managing Project Uncertainty
54mIntermediate2022-08-29
Authors

Cyndi Snyder Dionisio
Author, Consultant, and Project Management Expert
Course details
All projects have some degree of uncertainty. As a project manager, you need to have skills and techniques to work with uncertainty— and where possible, reduce it. In this course Cyndi Snyder Dionisio identifies different types of uncertainty, tools you can use to assess uncertainty, and techniques for working with the different types of uncertainty you are likely to encounter on your projects. Whether you’re dealing with volatility, complexity, ambiguity, risk, or some combination of all these factors, join Cyndi in this course to find out the best ways to address uncertainty.
Skills covered
Project Management SkillsProject ManagementOne-Off
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - Learning to manage project uncertainty
- 02 - Types of project uncertainty
1. Volatility
- 03 - Working project volatility
2. Complexity
- 04 - Assessing project complexity
- 05 - Addressing size and environmental complexity
- 06 - Addressing stakeholder complexity
- 07 - Addressing technology complexity
- 08 - Addressing interdependency complexity
3. Ambiguity
- 09 - Recognizing project ambiguity
- 10 - Working with project ambiguity
4. Risk
- 11 - Identifying project risks
- 12 - Qualitative risk assessment
- 13 - Quantitative risk assessment
- 14 - Responding to project risks
Conclusion
- 15 - Cultivating adaptability and resilience
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