«'This is risk management that recognises and works with the complexity of business strategy and decision making...This is a practical book and a serious introduction to the area of risk management in projects.' - Carol Long, MCQI CQP, Quality World ’...this is in fact a little gem of a book, bursting with information on every page...I believe there is a wide audience for this book, ranging from those governing projects through to those managing and supporting projects. Anyone interested in implementing or improving their current approach to risk would also find this guide a useful addition to their library.’ - John Fisher, Risk Management Professional This short book packs a lot of punch...Since getting this book, the reviewer has frequently referred to two of its concepts in his course on Risk Management in a Masters Project Management degree. First is the definition of risk that differentiates between Risk and Uncertainty by defining "risk as uncertainty that matters" and secondly the concept of risk management being "Built in Vs Bolt On"...The book makes a good representation of project, program and portfolio management and how risk management needs to be undertaken at each level. This helps to remove a lot of ambiguity when it comes to knowing how projects are connected to programs and programs to portfolio and how the risk should be managed at each level.' Tayyab Maqsood, School of Property, Construction and Project Management, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia in The International Journal of Managing Projects in Business ’What I found great about this book is the amount of time that David has contributed to developing concrete, useable strategies for combating risk...David should also be praised for his easy and light writing style, which manages to free up what otherwise could and should be a pretty heavy going topic. Certainly worth a look for those existing Practitioners looking to gain a greater handle on what is often one the murkier asp»