Session: UT419-2U
Title: Risk Management for Utility Industry Projects: The Key to Success?
Instructor: Shashi Verma
Course Description: One of the key features of a successful project is the proactive management of risk. Using events and scenarios from major projects completed by Autodesk Consulting, Shashi will introduce the core concepts for successful risk management. Primarily focused on utility customers in the water and telecommunications industries, best practices regarding how to identify and mitigate risk while balancing cost will be explored. Learn how to look for risks, prevent them from becoming major issues impacting the project, and differentiate between severity and priority for the customers business requirements. Using a case study exploring a recent project, the methods, tools, and techniques used, and steps taken to overcome a project-stopping risk will be elaborated. Learn the processes used to identify areas for customer discussion, difficult questions asked, situations recognized, and decisions made to convert to a win-win situation that ultimately result in the successful closeout of the project