Okay, let's have a look at risk management in practice And what I want to do is to start with some basic concepts then focus on two difficult areas in the risk process So, I guess if I asked you to define the word 'risk' you would have some ideas of what it meant We might not have a formal definition that we could quote, but we all have something in our minds when we hear the word 'risk' This is what we think, and maybe you think of things like this And maybe you feel like this little guy facing some big ugly challenge that you know is just going to squash you flat Maybe you feel like this guy This is a real job in North Korea, and his job is to hold the target for other people to shoot at Sometimes project managers have the target here We feel like everybody is shooting at us in our job Or maybe you just know there's something nasty out there waiting to get you And maybe that's what you think of when you think of the word 'risk'