# Risk Management — Resources

## Official and Standards

- [PMI PMBOK Guide](https://www.pmi.org/pmbok-guide-standards) — Project Management Institute. Industry standard for project management; includes risk management knowledge area.
- [PMBOK Risk Management](https://www.pmi.org/learning/library/risk-management-overview-7082) — Overview of risk processes from PMI.
- [ISO 31000 Risk Management](https://www.iso.org/iso-31000-risk-management.html) — International standard for risk management principles and guidelines.

## Books

- **Waltzing With Bears: Managing Risk on Software Projects** by Tom DeMarco and Timothy Lister — Classic on software risk. Emphasizes quantifying and facing risks instead of pretending they don't exist.
- **The Checklist Manifesto** by Atul Gawande — How simple checklists reduce risk in complex work (surgery, aviation, projects).
- **Project Risk Management** by Chris Chapman and Stephen Ward — Academic but practical; risk analysis and response.

## Articles and Readings

- [Pre-Mortems: Being Smart at the Start](https://hbr.org/2007/09/performing-a-project-premortem) — Gary Klein, HBR. Origin of the pre-mortem technique.
- [Risk Management in Agile](https://www.scrum.org/resources/blog/risk-management-agile-context) — Scrum.org. How risk fits in iterative delivery.
- [Dependency Mapping for Risk](https://www.atlassian.com/agile/project-management/dependencies) — Atlassian. Mapping and managing dependencies.
- [Risk Register Templates](https://www.smartsheet.com/content/risk-register-templates) — Smartsheet. Free risk register templates and examples.
- [Communicating Risk to Stakeholders](https://www.pmi.org/learning/library/communicating-risk-stakeholders-7098) — PMI. Best practices for risk reporting.

## Tools

- [Jira](https://www.atlassian.com/software/jira) — Risk tracking via custom fields, labels, or linked issues.
- [Linear](https://linear.app/) — Risks as issues; dependency linking.
- [Notion](https://www.notion.so/) — Risk registers, dependency maps, databases.
- [Miro](https://miro.com/) — Risk matrix and dependency mapping templates.
- [Lucidchart](https://www.lucidchart.com/) — Dependency and flow diagrams.
- [Risk Register Pro](https://www.riskregisterpro.com/) — Dedicated risk register tool (paid).

## Videos and Podcasts

- [Risk Management Fundamentals](https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=project+risk+management+fundamentals) — Search for PMI or Coursera intros.
- [Agile Uprising — Risk in Agile](https://agileuprising.com/) — Podcast episodes on risk and uncertainty in agile contexts.

## Templates

- [PMI Risk Register Template](https://www.pmi.org/learning/library/risk-register-template-6867) — Free downloadable risk register.
- [Pre-Mortem Worksheet](https://hbr.org/2007/09/performing-a-project-premortem) — Gary Klein's pre-mortem format (from HBR article above).