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Global Risk Assessment and Strategic Planning – An introduction and facilitator’s guide to the GRASP methodology

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Product Code: TD/TTP/GRASP
GRASP is a combined risk-based methodology for management planning and decision making in projects. GRASP uses multi-stakeholder perspectives to enlarge the project team’s knowledge base and increase awareness of the circumstances in which the project can make real progress. The book provides a practical, infinitely scalable process for managing project risk, improving project delivery planning and executing stakeholder engagement programmes; all intended to increase the likelihood of better project outcomes. As a “how-to” manual, the book combines user-friendly information with examples that allow a practitioner to use the GRASP methodology in an efficient and effective manner.

Additional information

Weight 500 g
Author

John J McLaughlin, Michael Ocock, Agi Oldfield and Barry Trebes
Publisher

ICE Publishing
ISBN Number

978-0-7277-6094-4
Year

2016

Contents About the authors v
Preface vii
Foreword viii
Glossary of terms ix
1 Introduction to the GRASP methodology 1
1.1 The GRASP methodology 1
1.2 The five Ws of GRASP 1
1.3 Management support tool 2
1.4 Origins of the GRASP methodology 2
1.5 The three tiers of GRASP 3
1.6 Why strategic project planning matters 5
1.7 Why some projects might not go to plan 6
1.8 The individuality of projects 7
1.9 The value of team members’ knowledge (knowledge mining part 1) 9
1.10 The value of project stakeholders’ knowledge (knowledge mining part 2) 9
1.11 The need for management teams to acquire ‘situational awareness’ 9
1.12 The project as the answer to a problem; project planning as problem solving 10
1.13 Understanding project as the answer to a problem; project planning as problem solving 11
1.14 Why GRASP is derived from systems thinking 13
2 The GRASP-facilitated methodology 15
2.1 GRASP methodology: applications and processes 15
2.2 The GRASP triangle 15
2.3 The three tiers of the GRASP methodology 17
2.4 How do principal stakeholders plan and carry out a GRASP exercise? 18
2.5 The GRASP methodology – flowcharts 19
3 The GRASP methodology – detailed notes 51
3.1 Planning and organisation 52
3.2 Interviews (Tiers 2 and 3 only) 74
3.3 Run the workshop 79
3.4 Workshop outputs 104
3.5 Analyse the data 109
3.6 Review and publish 110
3.7 Optional feedback and exercise appraisal 121
4 GRASP facilitator interview and workshop quick guides 125
4.1 Introduction 125
4.2 Facilitator workshop templates 141
Index 145