Chapter Member Meeting- Do you manage risks, OR do they manage you?
Speaker: Lyn Heaton
Presentation Title: Do you manage risks, OR do they manage you?
Topic: Risk
Bio:
Lyn Heaton has been active in the Project Management field for more than 30 years, both as a Project Manager and an educator. She worked for 19+ years in the Telecommunications industry at Sprint Nextel and now provides project management training to various corporations, the U.S. Army, PMI Chapters, and the University of Missouri at Kansas City.
Lyn is also a founding member of the Project Management Training Alliance, a nonprofit organization of Project Management trainers who promote project management best practices through education and training services.
Lyn is an active member of the Kansas City Chapter of PMI, previously serving on their board of directors as the VP of Professional Development. She has helped to teach or facilitate training for the chapter since 2007. She received her PMP in 2001 and holds a Master’s Certificate in Project Management from George Washington University.
Presentation Description:
How well do you manage risk on your projects?
Every project has elements of risk within it, dealing with those risks is so much more than just a simple plan. What do you think of when you hear the word Risk? An event that could negatively impact your project? Join me to review the basics of risk management. We will then focus on ways to identify risks for projects as well as strategies that you might use to deal with them.
Learner Outcomes:
1. Gain a broader understanding of the basic aspects of risk management
2. Explore risk identification tools & techniques
3. Find strategies for handling risks if they do occur
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