Professional risk management in projects

Successfully managing risks, opportunities and claims

This training is held in German.
Risk and claim management are among the most important and at the same time most demanding methods for successful project management. In this training , you will learn how to identify and analyze your project risks and transform them into opportunities, claims and/or change requests using appropriate measures. You will identify the prerequisites for successful risk and claim management and learn how to handle risks, opportunities and claims professionally.

Contents

Based on the Project Management Institute (PMI)® standards, procedures are taught for identifying, analyzing, planning and monitoring project risks as well as for enforcing and defending claims. Focus: 60 % risk management, 40 % claim management.

 

Risk and claim management in the project

  • Clarification of terms: risk, opportunity, claim, change request.
  • Prerequisites for successful risk and claim management.
  • Risk management process and risk categories.
  • Consider risk and claim management in the project organization.

Identify project risks and claims

  • The SWOT analysis.
  • Methods for identifying risks and claim potential.
  • Analyze and formulate project requirements.
  • Draw up clear contract wording.
  • Determine the goals in claim management.
  • Define a successful claim strategy.

Risk analysis and prioritization

  • Different methods (qualitative and quantitative) for risk and opportunity analysis (linking probability of occurrence and impact).
  • Classify, evaluate and prioritize risks and opportunities.

Risk measures and handling of claims

  • Define and implement measures to avoid, reduce and transfer risks.
  • Formulate claims appropriately.
  • Handling difficult claim situations.
  • Monitor and manage risks.
  • Negotiate risks and claims with contractual partners.

Learning environment

In your online learning environment, you will find useful information, downloads and extra services for this qualification measure after you have registered.

Your benefit

After attending this seminar, you will be able to,

  • Define the basis and requirements for successful risk and claim management in your projects,
  • carry out effective risk/claim management,
  • Identify risks, opportunities, claim potential and possible change requests based on the project requirements as early as the quotation phase, thereby avoiding damage to your project,
  • analyze contractual agreements in terms of their risks and claim potential and agree appropriate contracts with the contractual partner ,
  • Analyze and evaluate risks and opportunities using various methods and deal with them effectively as part of project planning and implementation,
  • develop a successful claim strategy and clearly formulate claims and change requests,
  • define and implement appropriate measures to minimize risks and
  • respond appropriately to claims from your project partners and successfully conduct risk and claim negotiations.

After attending this seminar, you will receive a confirmation for 19.50 PDUs.

Methods

training with workshop character, educational talks, moderated discussions, group work, role plays, practical examples.

Using an end-to-end case study, you will identify and analyze risks, opportunities and claims in the project and work in small groups to develop measures to avoid risks and reduce losses.

 

PMI is a registered trademark of the Project Management Institute, Inc.

Recommended for

project managers, sub-project managers, project employees, project managers, sales representatives, key account managers, sales managers, bid managers, specialists and managers with current or future projects.

The training is conducted by highly experienced project managers , not by contract lawyers.

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Attendees comments

"Very well-structured, competent and practice-oriented training."

Jacques Margue
Paul Wurth S.A., Luxembourg

"Good interplay between theory, practice and feedback."

Dipl.-Wirt.-Ing. Christian Greschke
MLOG Logistics GmbH, Neuenstadt am Kocher

"Informative training, pleasant atmosphere."

Jochen Brühl
HERMA GmbH, Deizisau

Seminar evaluation for "Professional risk management in projects"

4.5 from 5
with 301 ratings
training content:
4.4
Content comprehensibility:
4.6
Practical relevance:
4.5
Trainer expertise:
4.8
Participant orientation:
4.4
Method variety:
4.5
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Overview of PDU points
PDUs In-person (19.50)
PDU Ways of Working:
14.00
PDU Power Skills:
4.00
PDU Business Acumen:
1.50

Total PDUs:
19.50
PDUs Online (19.50)
PDU Ways of Working:
14.00
PDU Power Skills:
4.00
PDU Business Acumen:
1.50

Total PDUs:
19.50
Already PMI®-certified? Then collect PDUs!

If you are already PMI®-certified, you must continuously collect so-called PDUs (Professional Development Units) in order to maintain your certification. As a Project Management Professional PMP®, for example, you need 60 PDUs within three years, 35 of which must be in the "Education" category. All further training measures must be selected in such a way that, in total, each of the 3 competence fields of the "Talent Triangle®"

  • Ways of Working
  • Power Skills
  • Business Acumen

PMI Talent Triangle®

Each of them is covered with a minimum of 8 PDUs. The remaining training PDUs can be selected between the competencies. Haufe Akademie is an Authorized Training Partner of PMI ® and authorized to grant PDUs for participation in qualification measures. To this end, we have created an overview of the number of PDUs per offer for you:

PMI, PMP, the PMI Registered Education Provider logo, the Talent Triangle, and the Talent Triangle logo are registered trademarks of Project Management Institute, Inc.

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Overview of PDU points
PDUs presence (19.50)
PDU Ways of Working:
14.00
PDU Power Skills:
4.00
PDU Business Acumen:
1.50

Total PDUs:
19.50
PDUs online (19.50)
PDU Ways of Working:
14.00
PDU Power Skills:
4.00
PDU Business Acumen:
1.50

Total PDUs:
19.50
Already PMI®-certified? Then collect PDUs!

If you are already PMI®-certified, you must continuously collect so-called PDUs (Professional Development Units) in order to maintain your certification. As a Project Management Professional PMP®, for example, you need 60 PDUs within three years, 35 of which must be in the "Education" category. All further training measures must be selected in such a way that, in total, each of the 3 competence fields of the "Talent Triangle®"

  • Ways of Working
  • Power Skills
  • Business Acumen

PMI Talent Triangle®

Each of them is covered with a minimum of 8 PDUs. The remaining training PDUs can be selected between the competencies. Haufe Akademie is an Authorized Training Partner of PMI ® and authorized to grant PDUs for participation in qualification measures. To this end, we have created an overview of the number of PDUs per offer for you:

PMI, PMP, the PMI Registered Education Provider logo, the Talent Triangle, and the Talent Triangle logo are registered trademarks of Project Management Institute, Inc.

Articles, interviews or whitepapers on the topic

Project management certifications: Sense or nonsense?

Certified - or qualified? Are you also certified? Or are you perhaps considering certification? Then you're in good company. More and more companies are giving their project managers a professional stamp of approval. Where it says "project manager" on the label, it should also say "project manager". In short: certifications and terms such as IPMA, GPM, PMP®, IAPM and PMI® [...]

Learn more here

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23.06.2025
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