We assume complexity means risk and a combination of scale and complexity is sometimes used as an indicator of project uncertainty. Complexity, scale and risk are bound together in the way we think. It may be, though, that the risk associated with complex projects is not just due to complexity itself but also the way we choose to deal with it.
Read moreWith the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro just over a month away, we have been into our archives to extract a short case study relating to the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.
Read moreDr Dale Cooper has contributed Chapter 5 to Dr David Hillson's new book, 'The Risk Management Handbook'. The chapter is titled 'Project, programme and portfolio risk management'. Broadleaf subscribers can obtain a 20% discount when they buy the book from Kogan Page.
Read moreQuantitative analysis: about right or precisely wrong. Dr Dale Cooper spoke on this topic at RISK 2016, a conference organised by the Risk Engineering Society and Engineers Australia in Sydney on 18-20 May 2016.
Read moreStephen Grey will be speaking at this conference on risk, complexity and how they interact in projects.
Read moreThis book review by Dr Dale Cooper of Grant Avery: 'Project Management, Denial and the Death Zone: Lessons from Everest and Antarctica' (with a foreword by Sir Ranulph Fiennes), was published in RiskPost, the newsletter of RiskNZ (formerly the New Zealand Society for Risk Management), in March 2016. Grant Avery's fascinating book makes interesting and entertaining reading, as well as providing insights into aspects of managing risk in projects that we rarely think about in depth.
Read moreWe have undertaken high-level independent reviews for important projects. These include qualitative and quantitative risk assessments and value improvement activities undertaken by other professional organisations and in-house teams. Drawing on decades of experience in this field, we have examined the design of the processes used, the information sources they draw upon, the implementation of the processes and the interpretation of their outputs.
Read moreWe have worked with port authorities and port users on aspects of port assets and operations for many years. An updated summary of our work has been published on our web site.
Read moreBroadleaf assisted a major professional service business, operating across defence, aerospace and other high technology sectors, to assess its existing risk management practices and identify opportunities to enhance them.
Read moreBroadleaf has worked for many years on projects involving roads, highways and associated infrastructure, including bridges and tunnels, for owners (usually Government agencies), contractors and alliances between public and private sector organisations.
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