Risk
means variability of outcome. There are some
generic risk management software as well as some
specific project risk management software.
Crystal Ball:
Crystal ball a MS Excel based application. The
individual values of a variable are replaced
with a range and its probability distribution.
The estimate of the result is made a number of
times and the mean and standard deviations of
the result are considered in lieu of a single
value. The process is called Monte Carlo
Simulation or simulation. With
insights gained from simulation one may take a
better decision about the project.
Simulation for cost, resource requirements etc
are often analyzed with a generic simulation
package for project management. A typical
output showing the distribution of data from
crystal ball is presented.
Decision Tools Suite:
The DecisionTools Suite from Palisade is a
premium package about risk analysis.
It brings together up to seven products: @RISK,
PrecisionTree, TopRank, RISKOptimizer, BestFit,
RISKview, and @RISKAccelerator. The programs
themselves have been designed to work together
in an integrated environment, running from a
common toolbar in Microsoft Excel. Results can
be seen in presentation quality graphics.
A view is presented in the following