Project Risk Management

Programme Summary

Project risk management helps teams act before uncertainty disrupts delivery or opportunities are lost. This programme develops practical skills for identifying risks, assessing exposure and choosing responses. Participants construct a risk register for a project case, review changing conditions and prepare escalation and monitoring actions that connect uncertainty with scope, schedule, cost and stakeholder objectives.

Training Objectives

1 Connect project uncertainty with delivery objectives; 2 Improve risk identification and assessment quality; 3 Develop proportionate threat and opportunity responses; 4 Support clear risk ownership and escalation; 5 Build useful monitoring and review practices.

Learning Outcomes

1 Write clear cause event consequence risk statements; 2 Assess risks against agreed project criteria; 3 Select feasible responses with accountable owners; 4 Define triggers contingency actions and escalation; 5 Update a risk register using new evidence.

Target Audience

Project Managers; Project Engineers; Risk Coordinators; Project Planners; Programme Support Officers.

Target Industries

Construction Projects; IT Implementation; Engineering; Infrastructure; Manufacturing Projects; Public Programmes.

Course Contents

• Module 1 Project Risk Context: Objectives uncertainty and risk appetite; Threats opportunities assumptions and issues; Roles decision authority and escalation thresholds.
• Module 2 Risk Identification: Work breakdown interfaces and dependency reviews; Cause event consequence risk statements; Workshops evidence and diverse perspectives.
• Module 3 Qualitative Assessment: Likelihood impact and time proximity; Consistent criteria and rating limitations; Prioritisation and risk interaction awareness.
• Module 4 Quantitative Awareness: Ranges sensitivity and scenario comparisons; Data requirements and model limitations; When specialist analysis is justified.
• Module 5 Response Planning: Avoid reduce transfer and accept choices; Exploit enhance share and accept opportunities; Owners resources and realistic response actions.
• Module 6 Contingency and Escalation: Triggers fallback plans and reserves; Residual and secondary risks; Escalating exposure beyond project authority.
• Module 7 Monitoring and Reporting: Risk reviews action tracking and indicators; New information and changing assumptions; Integrating risks into project decisions.
• Module 8 Project Risk Workshop: Developing a project risk register; Responding to an emerging risk scenario; Presenting response and escalation recommendations.

Assessment

• 40 single best answer questions, including applied scenarios; one mark per question.
• 60 minute invigilated digital examination with identity verification. Approved accessibility adjustments preserve the assessed competence.
• Supplied reference pack permitted; external internet and AI assistance prohibited.
• Individual applied assessment (30 minutes): Develop a risk register for a supplied project, select responses and update priorities after a scenario change, including triggers and escalation decisions.
• Assessment criteria: Clarity and relevance of risk statements; Consistency of assessment and response selection; Practicality of ownership monitoring and escalation.
• Pass each component separately: 30/40 written marks (75%) and at least 70% on the applied task.
• Individual results and feedback are provided. One reassessment may follow coaching under the published enrolment terms.

Certification

• Successful learners receive a TQCSI Arabia digital Certificate of Successful Completion.
• The certificate records the learner name, exact programme title, teaching hours, completion date and unique verification reference.
• Verified identity, full attendance and separate written and applied passes are required; all mandatory critical criteria must be met.
• Proposed issue target: within 30 calendar days of approved results and settlement of applicable fees.
• Records assessed project risk management skills; it does not confer a professional risk credential or guarantee project outcomes.
• Attendance confirmation may record completed hours for unsuccessful learners; it does not certify successful completion.

Programme Profile

Number of daysNumber of daysNumber of days

222

Total teaching hoursTotal teaching hoursTotal teaching hours

12 hours; breaks, pre course work and formal final assessments excluded.12 hours; breaks, pre course work and formal final assessments excluded.12 hours; breaks, pre course work and formal final assessments excluded.

Delegates allowedDelegates allowedDelegates allowed

Maximum 20 delegates.Maximum 20 delegates.Maximum 20 delegates.

Training prerequisitesTraining prerequisitesTraining prerequisites

Introductory project management knowledge or project work experience is recommended. No advanced statistics or formal risk qualification is required.Introductory project management knowledge or project work experience is recommended. No advanced statistics or formal risk qualification is required.Introductory project management knowledge or project work experience is recommended. No advanced statistics or formal risk qualification is required.

Pre course assignment and assessmentPre course assignment and assessmentPre course assignment and assessment

Review a project brief and identify uncertainties during a 25 minute preparatory activity.Review a project brief and identify uncertainties during a 25 minute preparatory activity.Review a project brief and identify uncertainties during a 25 minute preparatory activity.

End of course assessmentEnd of course assessmentEnd of course assessment

40 question written exam (60 minutes) and individual applied task (30 minutes).40 question written exam (60 minutes) and individual applied task (30 minutes).40 question written exam (60 minutes) and individual applied task (30 minutes).

Passing criteriaPassing criteriaPassing criteria

75% written and 70% applied, passed separately; full attendance.75% written and 70% applied, passed separately; full attendance.75% written and 70% applied, passed separately; full attendance.