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Modern Corporate Risk Management offers forward-thinking, practical solutions to the technical, organizational, cultural, and political problems related to corporate portfolio risk management, including how to realize the related changes needed in most corporations to become effective. Written in an easy-to-understand format by an expert who has worked in a broad spectrum of businesses and industries, this book explores using probabilistic techniques for budget/portfolio processes and estimating project value, implementing external verification and assembly line processes, promoting holistic thinking, and encouraging cross-silo interactions. This valuable reference is for anyone who has responsibility for managing enterprise or project management risk. Key Feature 1. Easy-to-understand solutions to technical, organizational, cultural, political and change management problems related to corporate portfolio risk management 2. Offers risk-related advice for people in services, logistics, engineering, sales, marketing, legal, finance, research, commercial, environmental, construction, information technology and other corporate departments 3. Includes examples and instruction on managing portfolios of projects with risk-based metrics, such as the expected value of success (EVS) and the expected value for the portfolio (EVP) and their use in effective corporate portfolio management 4. Provides techniques for using probabilistic and stochastic methods to estimate project values and budgets, and for making optimal financial decisions at all corporate levels Table of Contents 1. Introduction 2. Selected Readings 3. Define the Concepts and Terms 4. Some of the Fundamental Problems 5. The Problems (Hey, is this a mirror? I think I see myself! 6. Solutions to the Problems: Assessment of the Situation 7. Solutions to the Problems: Changing the Organization 8. Solutions to the Problems: Changing the Processes 9.Solutions to the Problems: The Aftermath