Thesis Assistance

Member for

18 years 10 months

Sounds like a plan !!



I will look into that



Many thanks



Neil

Member for

18 years 6 months

Neil,

If you want answers to specific questions, then speak to PP admin and get them to add your questions on the vote section of the website!

Member for

19 years 10 months

Hi Neil



You want to know about this topic for your thesis.



"I am doing it on Programme (Multi project) risk management within the oil and gas services industry."



I have a feeling that you will be researching an as yet unexplored field of expertise - but that is what a true thesis should be.



If anybody in the target industry knows anything about the subject they will certainly keep it to themselves.



If it is not to late I advise chosing a simpler topic - such as "Who Owns the Float in a Delay Situation."



That has kept PP occupied for years.



Best regards



Mike Testro






Member for

18 years 10 months

Thread has been hijacked !!



Back to the original questions, anyone got any thoughts ?


Member for

17 years 3 months

Dear Ali,



Not yet. Please let us know what you think of the exam when you take it.



Good luck,



Samer

Member for

17 years

Samer,

Have you taken your RMP yet? I havent scheduled my exam yet and I am preparing. Wow..this is a big list of books :S

Member for

18 years 10 months

Oliver



Many thanks for the reply !



I do intend to do interviews at Management level within my company, but was interested in the views of the community as a whole so I can get a general feel for it cross industry.



Many thanks on the reference, I have put feelers out to see if anyone has a copy of it (I am Scottish ... If I can avoid the 15 quid charge then I will ! means more beer for me)



So I would be very interested in any response to the questions, although if people have to pick one to answer then my preference would be



"What are the barriers towards implementing programme risk management"



Many thanks !



Neil

Member for

18 years 6 months

Neil,



If you want real-life examples you need to contact companies directly to interview managers within the company (qualitative), or you could create a questionnaire as a method of obtaining detailed ’quantitive’ data.



Also, the following paper would be worth looking at.



Title: Risk management in a multi-project environment: An approach to manage portfolio risks



Author(s): Rolf Olsson



Journal: International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management



Year: 2008

Volume: 25

Issue: 1

Page: 60 - 71



ISSN: 0265-671X



DOI: 10.1108/02656710810843586



Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing Limited

Member for

18 years 10 months

Samer



Thanks for your reply, however rather than book work, I am looking for Real Life examples of some of the issues faced.



Anyone able to help ?



Neil

Member for

17 years 3 months

Dear Neil,



To assist in item #4, I was given the following list of books from a friend to assist in taking the PMI-RMP exam:





Project Risk Management Guidelines



Understanding and Managing Risk Attitude Second edition



Practical Project Risk Management



Risk Management- A course in A book



Project Manager’s Spotlight on Risk Management



Risk Assessments – Questions and Answers



Appraisal, Risk and Uncertainty



Project Risk Management



Practical Risk Assessment for Project Management



Risk Management in Project Organizations



Effective Risk Management



Understanding and managing risk Attitude



Identifying and Managing Project Risk



Risk Management – Concepts and Guidance



Proactive Risk Management



Project and program Risk Management



Management of Risk – Guidance for Practitioners



Risk Analysis – A Quantity Guide





Good luck,



Samer