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Professional Certificate · Master's level · CPP-28
Project Risk Management
For: Project managers, programme managers, project controllers and risk managers in public, private and non-profit organisations.
Learning outcomes
- Identify, analyse and evaluate project risks following the process of the ISO 31000:2018 standard.
- Define risk treatment strategies.
- Size project reserves based on a quantitative risk analysis.
Programme over 4 weeks
| Week | Content |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Principles, framework and risk management process of the ISO 31000:2018 standard, applied to projects; risks specific to projects in the sub-region: exchange rates, supply, climate, social and environmental risks. |
| Week 2 | Risk identification: workshops, assumption analysis, checklists; qualitative analysis using a matrix; risk register. |
| Week 3 | Quantitative analysis: decision tree, Monte Carlo simulation; treatment strategies and plans; contingency and management reserves. |
| Week 4 | Professional simulation: risk management plan for a project, with a register, quantitative cost and schedule analysis and sizing of reserves. |
Assessment
Marked professional simulation, assessed against a rubric (70%): risk management plan for a supplied project, with quantitative analysis and sizing of reserves; online knowledge-check quiz (30%).
The certificate is awarded with a mark of at least 10 out of 20.
Optional: Project Risk Monitoring
An additional 1-credit module over 2 weeks (CPP-28C), awarded as a separate certificate; together with this certificate, it makes up the full course component of the original programme.
- Monitoring and reviewing risks throughout the project; updating the register.
- Cybersecurity risks in digital projects.
At your own pace: the self-paced pathway
In a class, this certificate takes 4 weeks, on the cohort's dates. On the self-paced pathway, you start whenever you like, online, and progress at your own pace. The price is the same.
Estimate how long my pathway will take
- Duration
- about 4 weeks
- Estimated end
- 4 weeks after you start
- Examination
- Online, subject to available slots, no earlier than 4 weeks after you start
- Payment
- In a single payment
An indicative estimate, for a start today and 40 hours of work. You can change your pace along the way; the pathway must be completed within 12 weeks (about 3 months) of your start. Your e-Campus access opens with your first payment.
Admission
Experience in managing or taking part in projects assessed on application. Admission based on application; detailed requirements set by the school.
The credits you earn are recognised without further assessment if you later join the programme they come from, Professional Master's degree in Project Management, within a period set by the certificate regulations.