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Risk Management in Development Projects


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About this course

Sometimes we see project teams that invest a great deal of their time and effort in solving problems instead of preventing them. Risk management is an area of knowledge in project management that aims to reduce the likelihood and impact of negative events, and increase positive events.

But how can we identify risks in uncertain scenarios? with whom do we carry out this task? how do we know which risks have to be managed in environments with limited resources? what strategies exist to respond to positive or negative events that appear in a project? and how do we know that there are new risks? These and other questions will be discussed with the tutor in this course on risk management in development projects.

The content presented in the course is based on the Project Management Body of Knowledge PMBOK Guide Sixth Edition, 2017 of the Project Management Institute (PMI) ®, the Practice Standard for Project Risk Management, 2009, of the Project Management Institute (PMI) ®, and the Inter-American Development Bank risk management methodology.

This certified course is aimed at project managers, team members, supervisors, sponsors, public officers, and all those professionals interested in improving the chances of success of their projects.

You will have the opportunity to share your knowledge and experience with other team members of other projects, solve practical cases that will help you understand key concepts, in addition, you will have a case study with which you can apply good risk management practices in a project, and much more...

Additionally, INDES as a Registered Education Provider (R.E.P.) has been approved by the Project Management Institute (PMI)® to issue 24 professional development units (PDUs) if you earn the verified certificate in this course.

Competences that you will acquire:

  • Recognize the importance of risk management throughout the life of a project.
  • Differentiate a risk from a problem
  • Identify the risks of a project.
  • Record properly the risks of a project.
  • Evaluate risks qualitatively.
  • Prepare a response plan for prioritized risks.
  • Carry out the monitoring and control of the risks of a project.

Requirements for participants:

To take the course it is necessary to be PMP, CAMP or have approved any of the following courses:

  • MOOC in Project Management for Development
  • Project management for development professionals (PMDP)
  • PMA Project Management Associate (PMA)
  • PMCoach I

Meet your tutor:

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Vanessa Sayos

International Expert in Project Management, Consultant, and PMI Risk Management Professional (PMI-RMP)®


A Spanish national, born and raised in Barcelona, she studied political science and business at the Independent University of Barcelona [Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona; UAB] and at the University of Lausanne in Switzerland. She went on to earn a master's degree in international relations from the Diplomatic School of Madrid [Escuela Diplomática de Madrid], a postgraduate degree with a focus on political and electoral management from UAB, and a master of fine arts (MFA) from New York University (NYU) where she also obtained a professional certification in project management, as well as a PMP certificate from the Project Management Institute. For over 15 years, Vanessa has worked in project management in the public sector, initially in Spain's Ministry of Economy with reimbursable cooperation funding and later in charge of governance projects with the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID). Since 2012 she has been a consultant to the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), leading workshops on project planning in the start-up and advanced execution phases and facilitating project management courses using the PM4R methodology for public implementation units and civil society organizations.

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    IDB34.1x

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    6 hours per week
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