Course curriculum

    1. Introduction to the Course

    2. Questions? Get in touch

    3. Controls, Actions and Owners

    4. How we use Evidence

    5. Current Risk vs Target Risk

    6. The Moving Environment

    7. Three Lenses, One System

    8. Choose your starting lens

    9. Common Risk Factors

    10. 1. Market Misalignment (Weak Market Fit)

    11. 2. Unclear Vision

    12. 3. Prototype Neglect (Pre-Production Shortcuts)

    13. 4. Scope & Feature Creep

    14. 5. Communication Gaps

    15. 6. QA Under-investment

    16. 7. Strategic Misalignment & Whiplash

    17. 8. Launch Day Failures & Negative Reception

    18. 9. Reputational & Public Trust Risk

    19. Risk Data - The Bigger Picture in Numbers

    20. The Importance of the Risk Management System

    21. The Foundation System

    22. Risk Management Lexicon

    23. End of Module Quiz

    24. Assignment

    25. Your Situation

    1. Step 1 - Identify Risks

    2. Where to look first for Risk Signals

    3. Setting Boundaries - Objectives and Red Flags

    4. Task 1: Confirm the working lens and define boundaries

    5. Threats and Opportunities

    6. Risks vs Issues

    7. How to run a Risk Identification Workshop

    8. Clustering and second-pass coverage checks

    9. Task 2: Run a fast identification pass

    10. Risk Categories

    11. Stage Triggers

    12. Early Signals

    13. RACI Lite - Bringing in Missing Perspectives

    14. What goes into the Working Log

    15. Route the item

    16. Three Lenses Working Example

    17. Write Risks so they can be assessed

    18. Dependencies

    19. Module 2 Outputs

    20. Task 3: Build your working log

    21. End of Module Quiz

    22. Module Assignment

    1. Step 2 - Analyse and Assess Risks

    2. Prioritisation of your list

    3. Assessment is about decisions

    4. Score the risk that exists today

    5. Heatmap and Matrix Examples

    6. Before you score: lock the rules

    7. Agree what is too risky first

    8. Use a simple scoring model

    9. Current and target risk

    10. Worked example: project scoring

    11. Task 1: Set your scoring rules

    12. Assess the upside too

    13. Economic Lens

    14. The Three lenses

    15. Evidence and Confidence notes

    16. Calibrate before you trust the scores

    17. Task 2: Run a mini calibration

    18. Crisis assessment

    19. Stage changes the score

    20. Use the matrix to communicate

    21. Risk Register or RAID?

    22. Understanding RAID

    23. Worked example 1

    24. RAID item assessment

    25. Actions & Decisions

    26. When a risk becomes an issue

    27. Avoid scoring behaviour that destroys trust

    28. Module 3 Output

    29. Task 3: Build the assessed top view

    30. Assessment: Short Answers

    31. End of Module Quiz

    32. Module Assignment: Artefact Upload

    1. Step 3 - Mitigate Risks

    2. Mitigation involves trade-offs

    3. Choosing the right response

    4. Eight Mitigation Options

    5. Response Criteria

    6. Controls, actions and contingency

    7. Ask these questions first

    8. Avoidance and Reduction

    9. Transfer, Accept and Residual Risk

    10. Often overlooked responses

    11. Threat and Opportunity Responses

    12. Task 1: Choose the response type

    13. Mitigation changes with the lenses

    14. Choose the artefact by lens

    15. Break large mitigations into executable actions

    16. Write an executable Mitigation Plan

    17. Full project treatment plan example

    18. Shorter programme variant example

    19. Task 2: Build the treatment plan

    20. Governance Mitigations

    21. Production Control mitigation patterns

    22. Market Misalignment

    23. Unclear Vision

    24. Prototype Neglect

    25. Scope Churn and Feature Creep

    26. Communication Gaps

    27. QA Under-investment

    28. Strategic Misalignment

    29. Launch-day Failures and Negative Reception

    30. Reputational & Public Trust Risk

    31. Quality and validation mitigation patterns

    32. Launch, trust and live-response

    33. Delivery-system mitigations

    34. Post-launch and Live-Ops

    35. Player trust and community management

    36. Security and privacy

    37. When a risk becomes real

    38. Incident roles and the MVP

    39. Workshop: turning your top 5 risks into real plans

    40. Module 4 outputs

    41. Task 3: Define contingency and escalation

    42. Assessment: Short Answers

    43. End of Module Quiz

    44. Module Assignment: Artefact Upload

    45. Shorter still portfolio contrast example

    1. Step 4 - Implement and Track

    2. Where risk management fails

    3. Write executable actions

    4. Prioritise risk work inside the delivery system

    5. Task 1: Decide where implementation lives

    6. Tool integration pattern

    7. Project level default

    8. Put mitigation into the real workflow

    9. Programme example: implementing and tracking cross-team risk work in a shared view

    10. Project example: implementing and tracking risk work inside Jira

    11. Portfolio example: how it appears at a leadership level

    12. Task 2: Convert mitigation into visible work

    13. Opportunity and ownership

    14. Vendor and Third Party governance

    15. Reveal movement through action status tracking

    16. Adjust when the evidence changes

    17. Keep related items together

    18. Decision Log Upkeep

    19. Visualisation through the Three Lenses

    20. Module 5 outputs

    21. Task 3: Show proof of follow-through

    22. Assessment: Short Answers

    23. End of Module Quiz

    24. Module Assignment: Artefact Upload

    1. Step 5: Monitor and review risks

    2. Monitoring is ongoing

    3. Review through the lenses

    4. Recommended cadence by lens

    5. What each lens reviews every cycle

    6. Communication and Reporting Templates

    7. Review outputs should match the lens

    8. Portfolio contrast - what review looks like at leadership level

    9. Task 1: Design your review rhythm

    10. Did the control do its job?

    11. A structured agenda

    12. Threats, opportunities and realised benefits

    13. Readiness gate reviews

    14. Use more than one visual cue

    15. Metrics that may assist

    16. Task 2: Build one review you could run this week

    17. When a risk becomes a crisis

    18. Prepare before the day goes wrong

    19. Rehearse before you need it

    20. Lessons Learned

    21. Post-incident learning loop

    22. Module 6 Output

    23. Task 3: Show how review becomes readiness and learning

    24. Assessment: Short Answers

    25. End of Module Quiz

    26. Module Assignment: Artefact Upload

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