CEEM612 - Risk Evaluation

Course Description

Evaluating risk can feel difficult without the proper statistical techniques in your toolbelt. To give yourself that foundation, you will need to understand both the concepts and the tools involved in the process.

In this course, you will walk through the process of risk assessment using several statistical techniques. You will begin by learning to monitor and analyze variations to ensure product or service quality. You will then practice evaluating risk using discrete distributions and summarizing findings using common statistical techniques for risk analysis, including skewness and distributions such as log-normal distributions. You will also gain familiarity with critical functions and concepts in risk analysis, including power law functions and distributions, semi-variance, volatility and beta, and value at risk (VaR), a financial metric used to assess potential asset or portfolio losses. Finally, you will examine design methodologies geared toward improving product reliability, including design for reliability, design for Six Sigma, and quality control. By the end of this course, you will be well-equipped to analyze and evaluate risk using numerous statistical methods.

You are required to have completed the following course or have equivalent experience before taking this course:

• Risk Analysis Foundations

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Benefits to the Learner

• Apply measures to characterize statistical distributions and describe the subtleties in different measures of risk
• Apply modeling tools for risk quantification and minimization, including failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA)
• Conduct a failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA)
• Identify key measures that are relevant to evaluating the risk in a given situation
• Apply quality control metrics to detect out-of-control production with control charts and natural process variation

Target Audience

• Risk managers and analysts
• Finance and insurance professionals
• Project managers
• Supply chain managers
• Computer and information security engineers
• Software developers
• Engineers
• Executives
• Professionals across industries interested in understanding risk management

Applies Towards the Following Certificates

• Risk Analysis : Core Courses