Preface

I have been active in projects for more than a decade now. These projects covered different market segments, such as the oil and gas industry, construction industry, banking and IT. What triggered me in the course of time, is that each project experienced events that profoundly changed its outcome. Failed field tests, non-working technology, an abundance of customers and investors that withdrew their investments, are just a few exeamples of what I encountered. I discovered that many project teams were poorly prepared for these uncertain events and therefore suffered unnecessarily. This realization became a fundamental drive for me to explore the field project risk management in depth.

This handbook Project Risk Management aims to better prepare you and your project team for the uncertain events that may occur in your project. The information in the book is as practical as possible. It guides you through risk country, raises questions and offers the opportunity to assess how your project and company are doing. The book is based on my personal experience, but I have also used the large body of literature on risk management that is available.

A handbook such as this one is always evolving. Therefore I would like to receive feedback from you and hear what your experiences are if you are whilst applying the information from this book. Also if you want to share your project risk management experiences, I would like to hear from you! It will help me to improve this handbook. You can reach me via the following e-mail address:
bart.jutte@mantaba.nl. You can also check out my website on project risk management, www.projectfuture.net. You will find additional articles and interesting links there.

I wish you every success in applying risk management in your project and hope and expect that you, your project and your company will reap the benefits!

Bart Jutte
March 2009