All Episodes
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Episode 41 — Quantitative Analysis: When and Why
Quantitative analysis applies mathematics and modeling to express risk exposure in numerical terms, but the exam expects you to know when it adds value and when it was...
Episode 42 — Data Quality and Calibration Concepts
Accurate risk models depend on data quality, so this episode teaches how to evaluate and calibrate inputs before analysis. We define completeness, accuracy, consistenc...
Episode 43 — Schedule Risk Concepts (No Software Needed)
Understanding schedule risk analysis does not require advanced tools—it requires conceptual clarity. This episode explains how uncertainty in task duration, sequencing...
Episode 44 — Cost Risk Concepts and Ranges
Cost uncertainty deserves the same rigor as schedule uncertainty, and this episode clarifies how to interpret ranges, contingencies, and reserves in both predictive an...
Episode 45 — Decision Trees and Expected Value, Verbally
Decision trees turn uncertainty into structured reasoning, and this episode teaches how to interpret them verbally—the way the exam presents them. We explain how each ...
Episode 46 — Sensitivity and Drivers: Tornado Explained
Sensitivity analysis helps you discover which uncertain inputs actually move outcomes, and the tornado diagram is the clearest way to show that hierarchy. This episode...
Episode 47 — Critical Path vs. Risk-Adjusted Paths
Traditional plans highlight a single critical path based on deterministic durations, but risk-aware planning recognizes that “critical” can shift as uncertainty plays ...
Episode 48 — Correlation, Dependencies, and Common Causes
Many analyses fail because they assume inputs vary independently when, in practice, they rise and fall together. This episode clarifies correlation (variables moving i...
Episode 49 — Presenting Analysis to Executives
Analysis only matters when it changes decisions, so this episode teaches you to translate findings into clear, credible executive narratives. We focus on four elements...
Episode 50 — Threats vs. Opportunities in Analysis
Balanced risk management evaluates downside and upside with equal rigor. This episode explains how to analyze opportunities alongside threats using the same structures...
Episode 51 — Domain IV Overview: Risk Response
Domain IV translates analysis into deliberate action, defining how risks will be addressed, owned, and tracked. This episode introduces the full range of response stra...
Episode 52 — Selecting Responses for Threats
Threat response selection demands clear cause-and-effect reasoning. This episode teaches how to match strategy to risk characteristics such as controllability, proximi...
Episode 53 — Selecting Responses for Opportunities
Opportunity management uses the same rigor applied to threats, framed for upside. This episode defines the four strategies: exploit, share, enhance, and accept. You wi...
Episode 54 — Contingency, Fallback, and Triggers
Even the best responses can falter, so contingency and fallback planning ensure continuity. This episode clarifies the hierarchy: contingency plans are predefined acti...
Episode 55 — Residual and Secondary Risks
Every response leaves behind residual risk and may create new secondary risks. This episode defines both and explains how to record, analyze, and monitor them to prese...
Episode 56 — Assigning Risk Owners and Action Owners
Clear ownership is the backbone of effective risk management. This episode distinguishes between a risk owner—the person accountable for monitoring and deciding future...
Episode 57 — Integrating Responses into Schedule and Budget
Responses gain credibility only when embedded in the project’s schedule and budget, not left in isolation. This episode explains how to translate response actions into...
Episode 58 — Communicating Response Effectiveness
Response actions must be measured and communicated so stakeholders see progress and remaining exposure. This episode outlines how to evaluate effectiveness through ind...
Episode 59 — Leading Indicators and Trend Watching
Leading indicators offer early warning of emerging exposure before triggers are hit. This episode explains how to identify, monitor, and interpret these signals as par...
Episode 60 — Implementing Responses with Governance
Implementation discipline ensures responses become real actions, not promises. This episode ties execution to governance structures: approvals, documentation, reportin...