Skip to content

APM Risk Interest Network

4,285 followers

APM Members* can engage with us on the APM Community. Not a member? Explore membership
*For Student, Associate, Full & Fellow Members

🔒 Connect on APM Community

Follow* us to get the latest updates straight to MyAPM account.
*For Student, Associate, Full & Fellow members and registered site users

Follow us Contact us

Welcome to the APM Risk Interest Network.

Ready to make a difference? Dive into our network and become part of something truly special. Whether you're passionate about volunteering, seeking valuable resources on Risk, or eager to network with like minded project professionals at our exciting events, there's a place for you here.

Volunteer opportunities await. Join us to create positive change! From webinars to networking events, there are countless ways you can contribute your time and skills to make a difference.

Discover valuable resources. Empower yourself with knowledge and tools to drive progress forward. Explore our resources below filled with insightful articles, practical guides, and useful tools designed to support your career.

Risk management The potential of situation or event to impact on the achievement of specific objectives.

Definition from APM Body of Knowledge 7th edition

What is risk management?

The Risk Interest Network provides a forum in which to share knowledge and ideas, develop expertise and understanding, foster ‘best practice’ and actively promote the adoption of project risk management.

We support many local APM Regional Network events, other APM Interest Network's and conferences organised by professional bodies and organisations. We are the only independent organisation in the UK specialising in project risk management.

The Risk Interest Network’s objectives are:

  • to enable effective management of risk;
  • to provide a forum for sharing experience and knowledge;
  • to promote best practice in development of guides;
  • to establish specific qualification standards for APM qualifications;
  • to facilitate the training and development of risk practitioners;
  • to promote links with other recognised professional bodies;
  • to provide a forum for sharing latest tools and techniques;
  • to provide an opportunity to network with people from similar/different roles/positions. 

Team member

Lead

Deputy Lead

Follow Us For Latest Updates Regional Networks

Members can now connect with us on the APM Community

APM Members* can now connect directly with other members of the network, discuss network topics, join network events and fulfil their volunteer roles within the APM Community.

Not a member? Explore membership

*Associate, Full and Fellow member types only

🔒 Connect on APM Community
Apply To Be An APM Regional Network Volunteer Regional Networks

Apply to be an APM Interest Network Volunteer

This ongoing volunteering opportunity offers a chance to support and facilitate knowledge sharing and production of thought leadership content in the network's area of interest.

Volunteers can be a member or non-member of APM and can apply to join a team at anytime.

View role and apply

Featured resources

Aysmmetry
The Asymmetry between Threats and Opportunities in Risk Management

Our latest survey conducted among our Corporate Members assessed the state of

risk management in projects, with an emphasis on opportunity management.

Mini Guide Pram 322X193
Project risk analysis and management mini-guide

This guide provides an introduction to the processes involved in project risk analysis and management.

APM Risk Management IN Stacked RGB
The importance of collaboration between the project team, end-users, and stakeholders in managing complex decisions and risks in project environments

Collaboration between project teams, end-users, and stakeholders is crucial for effective risk management. The study emphasises the use of the Porter model and Agile methodologies, highlighting the importance of end-user involvement, frameworks like TRM and ERF, and adaptive decision-making for successful project outcomes and risk mitigation.

News

Ibis News Placeholder
Successful projects and failed programmes – the cost of not designing the whole life cycle of assets webinar
This webinar was on Asset Management for Project Managers, by a leading AM trainer and advisor who works with the UK IPA and others on how to incorporate whole life thinking into design and construction projects. This webinar was held on 28 February 2024.
APM Risk SIG News Thumbnail 245X150
Integrated Cost & Schedule Risk Analysis (ICSRA): Demystified webinar
Provides an overview and demonstrate progressive approaches and techniques to ICSRA which can be used at various stages throughout a project’s lifecycle, and using outputs to make better informed decisions and consider additional actions.
Ibis News Placeholder
Reference Class Forecasting - useful method, or random number generator? webinar
Addressing the why, when, and how to use Reference Class Forecasting (RCF) as a method to predict uncertainty in major project planning and delivery. The key reason behind cost and schedule overrun is underestimation of risks, and the root causes of underestimation are optimism and political bias. This webinar was held on 18 October 2023.
Ibis News Placeholder
Demystifying Project Risk Management: Practical Tips for Practitioners
Projects are risky and risk management is an integral part of managing projects. But for many projects, managing risk is a chore and it doesn’t seem to help much. In this session, David Hillson tackled some important aspects of risk management that are often overlooked or poorly understood, providing practical tips to make it work on your project. This event was held on 18 April 2023.
APM Risk SIG News Thumbnail 245X150
Time to rethink and review the yearly project risk register
Reviewing the project risk register.
Winter 2022 Front Cover Square Crop
Why does the project progress often get delayed by issues I had not foreseen?
Why does the project progress often get delayed by issues I had not foreseen?

Blogs

Gettyimages 1356070782
Voyage of compassion from risk to relief: a comparative exploration of risk management in humanitarian and commercial ventures
Commercial and humanitarian projects have very different missions and goals. Businesses are primarily driven by a mission to generate profits and create value for shareholders, with goals focused on financial success, market competitiveness and economic growth. In contrast, humanitarian projects are motivated by compassion, empathy and a desire to alleviate suffering, and improve the welfare of vulnerable people.
Gettyimages 1214527751
Hypercare? Projects should never need to be in an ICU
In project management, we often see words drift in and become part of our collective vocabulary, as if they’ve always belonged. One such term, ‘hypercare’, has recently taken up residence, subtly infiltrating our risk management strategies, particularly when transitioning projects into a live state.
Gettyimages 1214527751
Resilient risk management in agile projects
risk management
Gettyimages 1346975137
Tips for practitioners on risk management engagement
Many businesses treat risk management as part of their financial or project management processes and assign its use exclusively to commercial or project needs. Although there are professionals and processes that specialise solely in risk management, businesses should realize the benefits and wider impacts that a controlled approach can have on their teams and functions. Businesses often separate risk management because it’s difficult to measure how successful or effective their risk management process is. When risks are effectively managed, there are very few surprises and it becomes impossible to assess the effectiveness of the risk management actions.  
Gettyimages 1323851976
Invisible barriers to megaproject success
The project volume is there, but so is the risk. And we have a simple choice; we will either keep going as we always have, playing major and megaprojects like a lottery and usually (two out of three projects) failing, or we will finally get to the bottom of why megaprojects systematically go wrong so we can course-correct at the root cause level and put in place the critical path to have megaprojects succeed.
Gettyimages 1189561513
Threats and opportunities in the risk management of projects
Risks can be negative and positive but to avoid confusion, should we overhaul risk terminology for projects? An APM survey reveals that opportunity management could benefit from its own process - one that is separate from risk management.

Contact us