Webinar: Risk Management

Owners of $50M+ capital projects all have a risk management plan on paper. Far fewer have one that holds up when a real risk materializes. According to CMAA's Risk Management Guidelines, risk management should be a continuous process integrated with budget, schedule, and decision-making — yet on most large capital projects, risk registers get built early, filed away, and never meaningfully revisited until a "surprise" derails the schedule, blows the contingency, or forces an uncomfortable conversation with the board.

Join VPO CEO Laura Nee for a practical conversation about what separates a real risk management process from a compliance exercise, and how owners of major capital projects can build the discipline, visibility, and accountability that turn risk registers into early warning systems.

When: June 17th, 2pm EDT
Where: Zoom meeting

Does this sound familiar?

Your risk register was built at kickoff — and hasn't been seriously updated since
Your contingency is a percentage, not a defensible number tied to actual project risks
Leadership asks "what's our P80 completion date?" and the team can't give a credible answer
Mitigation actions get assigned but rarely get tracked to completion
When a risk materializes, the team is surprised — even though it was on the register
Stakeholders, funders, or board members want risk transparency you can't easily produce

You're not alone. If any of this sounds like your projects, this conversation is for you.

Why most risk registers become shelf-ware — and the structural reasons risk management gets disconnected from day-to-day project execution
The CMAA framework in practice: how to scale risk management for capital projects, from a structured register on a $50M program to full quantitative analysis (including Monte Carlo simulation) on $100M+ projects
Risk as an early warning system: how to use pre- and post-mitigation scoring, risk owners, and due dates to drive real accountability — not just documentation
What "continuous risk management" actually looks like across the five project phases (pre-design through post-construction), and how to integrate risk reviews into the meetings you're already running
How owners can use risk-based contingency (vs. a flat percentage) to set defensible budgets and schedules — and have credible conversations with stakeholders about cost and completion confidence

Whether you're an owner managing a single major capital project or running an entire program, you'll leave with a practical framework you can put to work on Monday.

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Beyond the Risk Register

Webinar: Beyond the Risk Register

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Meet Our Speaker

Laura Nee

Creator & CEO, VPO