ch. 1. Uncertainty and risk -- ch. 2. Risk and projects -- ch. 3. Managing risk in practice -- ch. 4. Risk and people -- ch. 5. Integrating risk management with wider project management -- ch. 6. The bigger picture -- ch. 7. Making risk management work.

A concise description of current best practice in project risk management whilst introducing the latest relevant developments enabling project managers, project sponsors and others responsible for managing risk in projects to do just that - effectively.

Many businesses recognise project management as a core competence and seek to deliver benefits to the business through effective management of projects. But how can an organisation know whether its project management processes are adequate? Can a business compare itself with best practice or its...