Macrosolutions is able to successfully implement the risk management processes within your projects and operations since we use the state of the art tools and processes for managing risks, including the most modern mathematical simulators, effective data storage and modeling processes and one of the most comprehensive and updated risk breakdown structure (RBS) in the market.

Only someone who is at the forefront of the processes can help your organization to create and manage the opportunities and threats generated by a scenario full of uncertainties.

Key issues addressed

  1. Crisis and permanent chaos resulting from unknown risks
  2. Bad estimated financial reserves: excessive or insufficient
  3. Low knowledge about the real project’s uncertainties/operation
  4. Risk imminent perception with no control planning
  5. Unfeasible schedule established for the work to be done
  6. Late identified or lost opportunities
  7. Constant improvisation increase
  8. Late or ineffective decision making

Scope of work

  • Simplified Design of the Risk Management Process
  • Risk Breakdown Structure (RBS) Creation
  • Risk Register Definition
  • Research, development and deployment of Time and Cost simulators (Monte Carlo and "what-if" analysis)
  • Risk Statistical treatment
  • Mathematical modeling of the Benefits and intangible or not directly measurable threats (Bayseana Estimate)
  • Mathematical modeling of the time and financial reserves
  • Risk performance indicators definition
  • Scenario Planning
  • Contingency process definition
  • Risk Triggers development and definition within projects / operations scope
  • Proof of Concept and pilot project
  • Assisted Operation

Fact sheet

Estimated duration of the consultancy work [?]
3 to 4 months
Work complexity [?]
Medium
Client's team (minimum required) [?]
1 Project/Risks Analyst
Client's team allocation x Macrosolutions team allocation [?]
15% Client's Team
85% Macrosolutions' Team
Project estimated number of visits [?]
4 visits
Maturity Level (minimum required) [?]
Low to medium
Organizational level of coverage [?]
Corporate: ★★★★
Departmental: ★★★★
Project: ★★★★★
Language(s) [?]
Portuguese, English, Spanish

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Standards
Areas
  • Supported standards and methodologies

    Project Management Institute (PMI)
    PMBOK Guide Yes
    PMI Practice Standard for Estimating Yes
    PMI Practice Standard for Earned Value Management
    PMI Practice Standard for Configuration Management
    PMI Practice Standard for Risk Management Yes
    PMI Practice Standard for Work Breakdown Structure Yes
    PMI Practice Standard for Scheduling Yes
    PMI Standard for Portfolio Management
    PMI Standard for Program Management
    PMI Project Manager Development Competency Framework
    Organizational Project Management Maturity Model (OPM3®)
    UK Office of Government Commerce (OGC)
    PRINCE2 (Projects in Controlled Environments) Yes
    MSP (Managing Successful Programmes)
    M_O_R (Management of Risks) Yes
    P3M3 (Portfolio, Programme, and Project Management Maturity Model)
    P3O (Portfolio, Programme and Project Offices)
    MoP (Management of Portfolios)
    MoV (Management of Value)
    Scrum Alliance
    Scrum Methodology
    International Project Management Association (IPMA)
    ICB® IPMA Competence Baseline
  • Areas: approach comprehensiveness

    Area Comprehensiveness Description
    Integration ★★★★ Includes the processes required to ensure that the various elements of the project are properly coordinated.
    Scope ★★★★★ Includes the processes required to ensure that the project includes all the work required, and only the work required, to complete the project successfully.
    Time ★★★★★ Includes the processes required to ensure timely completion of the project.
    Cost ★★★★★ Includes the processes required to ensure that the project is completed within the approved budget.
    Quality ★★★ Includes the processes required to ensure that the project will satisfy the needs for which it was undertaken.
    Human Resource ★★★ Includes the processes required to make the most effective use of the people involved with the project.
    Communications ★★★★★ Includes the processes required to ensure timely and appropriate generation, collection, dissemination, storage, and ultimate disposition of project information.
    Risk ★★★★★ Systematic process of identifying, analyzing, and responding to project risks. It includes maximizing the probability and consequences of positive events and minimizing the probability and consequences of adverse events to project objectives.
    Procurement Optional Includes the processes required to acquire goods and services from outside the performing organization to attain project scope.
    EHS Optional Involves processes related to work safety, health and environment, including specific regulations.
    Strategic Planning ★★★ Involves the processes which link projects with corporate strategy through the indicators of the Balanced Scorecard's goals.

Additional Information Top ↑

Risk management is one of the project management areas in which more investments are applied, in order to properly know and manage the project risks.

To know the threats and opportunities associated with the projects and operations allows the organization to gain advantage over competitors, give focus to the correct product manufacturing right at the first time, avoid surprises and decrease much of the management by crisis.

The risk management processes, when properly implemented, are able to define the organizational tolerance level to the environment’s variations, and then identify potential threats and opportunities. Moreover, the organization will better understand the work nature and will better involve the team members, in order to identify and deal with the potential opportunities and threats that are usually associated with time, quality and costs.

"You want a valve that does not leak and do everything possible to develop it. But in the real world there are only valves that leak. You must know how much leakage you are able to tolerate." -Peter Bernstein (Against the Gods)

Afterwards a detailed risk analysis is performed to precisely determine the probability degree and impact on the project or operations’ objectives. At this stage sophisticated simulation mechanisms, statistical models and scenario definition are used.

Then, response strategies are developed to avoid, mitigate or accept the threats or to enhance or ignore the opportunities. At this stage contingency plans are developed and reserves are calculated and scaled.

Finally, the identified risks are monitored throughout the work to ensure that the reserves will be sufficient to control threats and enhance opportunities. New threats and opportunities are also identified and risks that no longer exist are filed.