Legal, Contracts, and Procurement
Contract & Project Risk Management & Compliance
A five-day programme on contract and project risk management and compliance, covering risk identification and assessment, contractual risk allocation, liability and insurance, compliance controls and key risk indicator reporting. Participants learn to control exposure through contract terms and internal controls.
Introduction
Contract & Project Risk Management & Compliance Training Course equips professionals to identify, assess and control risk across contracts and project delivery. Participants study risk identification techniques, qualitative and quantitative assessment, and the governance structures that keep exposure visible to management. Furthermore, the course covers contractual risk allocation, liability limits, warranties, indemnities and insurance, alongside compliance duties such as anti-bribery, sanctions and data protection. In addition, learners build risk registers, control matrices and mitigation plans. As a result, they leave able to embed risk management and compliance into day-to-day contracting and project work.
Contract & Project Risk Management & Compliance Course Objectives
- Explain enterprise risk management principles and the ISO 31000 framework.
- Apply risk identification techniques such as workshops, checklists and SWOT analysis.
- Conduct qualitative and quantitative risk assessment and prioritisation.
- Build and maintain contract and project risk registers.
- Allocate contractual risk through liability, indemnity and insurance clauses.
- Apply compliance duties: anti-bribery, sanctions, AML and data protection.
- Design internal controls, delegation matrices and approval thresholds.
- Develop mitigation, contingency and business continuity plans.
- Monitor key risk indicators and report through KRIs and dashboards.
- Audit compliance programmes and manage incidents and remediation.
Course Methodology
- Instructor-led sessions built on ISO 31000, COSO and real risk cases.
- Workshops that build a contract and project risk register from scratch.
- Quantitative risk exercises using probability-impact scoring and Monte Carlo methods.
- Case studies on compliance failures, contractual disputes and project overruns.
- Group work on control matrices, KRIs and incident response plans.
- Templates, risk registers, checklists and control frameworks retained after the course.
Who Should Take This Course
- Risk managers and enterprise risk officers.
- Compliance officers and regulatory affairs professionals.
- Contract and commercial managers.
- Project managers, planners and PMO staff.
- Internal auditors and control specialists.
- Legal, finance and procurement professionals.
Contract & Project Risk Management & Compliance Course Outlines
Risk Management Foundations
- • ISO 31000 principles, framework and process.
- • The COSO enterprise risk management framework.
- • Risk appetite, tolerance and risk criteria.
- • Risk identification techniques and risk taxonomy.
- • Stakeholder risk perspectives and governance roles.
- • Risk culture and behavioural drivers of risk.
- • Risk management policy and reporting lines.
Assessment, Analysis and Prioritisation
- • Qualitative assessment: probability and impact scales.
- • Risk matrices, heat maps and risk scoring models.
- • Quantitative methods: expected monetary value and Monte Carlo simulation.
- • Sensitivity analysis and scenario planning.
- • Risk aggregation and portfolio-level risk views.
- • Prioritisation, ownership assignment and treatment options.
- • Documenting assessment in the risk register.
Contractual Risk and Insurance
- • Risk allocation between employer, contractor and supplier.
- • Limitation of liability, indemnities and warranties.
- • Liquidated damages, penalties and performance security.
- • Insurance types: CAR, professional indemnity and public liability.
- • Bonds, guarantees and retention structures.
- • Force majeure, change in law and termination risk.
- • Reviewing contract terms for residual risk.
Compliance, Controls and Governance
- • Anti-bribery and corruption compliance frameworks.
- • Sanctions screening, AML and know-your-customer duties.
- • Data protection and privacy obligations.
- • Internal controls, segregation of duties and approval thresholds.
- • Delegation of authority matrices and policy governance.
- • Whistleblowing channels and investigations.
- • Regulatory reporting and disclosure duties.
Monitoring, Assurance and Response
- • Key risk indicators and early warning signals.
- • Risk dashboards, reporting cadence and board reporting.
- • Control testing, self-assessment and internal audit.
- • Incident management and root cause analysis.
- • Business continuity and crisis response planning.
- • Remediation plans and lessons learned processes.
- • Applied workshop: building a risk and compliance management plan.
Conclusion
By successfully completing Contract & Project Risk Management & Compliance, participants will gain a thorough working knowledge of risk identification and assessment, contractual risk allocation, compliance control design and risk monitoring. They will also have acquired the reporting habits that keep exposure visible and the assurance skills that test controls in practice. Gentex Training Center builds the programme around live risk registers and control frameworks, so learners apply each method as they study it.
FAQs for the Contract & Project Risk Management & Compliance course
— What is the "Contract & Project Risk Management & Compliance" course about?
It covers how risk is identified, assessed and controlled across contracts and projects. Topics include risk registers, contractual risk allocation, liability and insurance, compliance duties, internal controls, key risk indicators and incident response.
— What are the key benefits of the "Contract & Project Risk Management & Compliance" course?
You learn to see risk early and control it through contract terms and internal controls. The course reduces unexpected losses, strengthens compliance assurance, improves board reporting and protects the organisation from regulatory penalties.
— What skills will I gain from the "Contract & Project Risk Management & Compliance" course?
Risk identification and assessment, contractual risk allocation and insurance structuring, compliance control design and monitoring, and risk reporting and incident management.
— What tools, methods, or standards are covered in the "Contract & Project Risk Management & Compliance" course?
The ISO 31000 risk management framework, the COSO enterprise risk management framework, probability-impact matrices and heat maps, expected monetary value and Monte Carlo simulation, contract risk registers, limitation of liability and indemnity clause models, CAR and professional indemnity insurance, anti-bribery and sanctions screening controls, and key risk indicator dashboards.
— How is the "Contract & Project Risk Management & Compliance" course applied in real-world practice?
Professionals use it to run risk workshops, build registers, review contract terms, test controls and report exposure to the board. Participants build a complete risk and compliance management plan in the closing workshop.
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Introduction
Contract & Project Risk Management & Compliance Training Course equips professionals to identify, assess and control risk across contracts and project delivery. Participants study risk identification techniques, qualitative and quantitative assessment, and the governance structures that keep exposure visible to management. Furthermore, the course covers contractual risk allocation, liability limits, warranties, indemnities and insurance, alongside compliance duties such as anti-bribery, sanctions and data protection. In addition, learners build risk registers, control matrices and mitigation plans. As a result, they leave able to embed risk management and compliance into day-to-day contracting and project work.
Contract & Project Risk Management & Compliance Course Objectives
- Explain enterprise risk management principles and the ISO 31000 framework.
- Apply risk identification techniques such as workshops, checklists and SWOT analysis.
- Conduct qualitative and quantitative risk assessment and prioritisation.
- Build and maintain contract and project risk registers.
- Allocate contractual risk through liability, indemnity and insurance clauses.
- Apply compliance duties: anti-bribery, sanctions, AML and data protection.
- Design internal controls, delegation matrices and approval thresholds.
- Develop mitigation, contingency and business continuity plans.
- Monitor key risk indicators and report through KRIs and dashboards.
- Audit compliance programmes and manage incidents and remediation.
Course Methodology
- Instructor-led sessions built on ISO 31000, COSO and real risk cases.
- Workshops that build a contract and project risk register from scratch.
- Quantitative risk exercises using probability-impact scoring and Monte Carlo methods.
- Case studies on compliance failures, contractual disputes and project overruns.
- Group work on control matrices, KRIs and incident response plans.
- Templates, risk registers, checklists and control frameworks retained after the course.
Who Should Take This Course
- Risk managers and enterprise risk officers.
- Compliance officers and regulatory affairs professionals.
- Contract and commercial managers.
- Project managers, planners and PMO staff.
- Internal auditors and control specialists.
- Legal, finance and procurement professionals.
Contract & Project Risk Management & Compliance Course Outlines
Risk Management Foundations
- • ISO 31000 principles, framework and process.
- • The COSO enterprise risk management framework.
- • Risk appetite, tolerance and risk criteria.
- • Risk identification techniques and risk taxonomy.
- • Stakeholder risk perspectives and governance roles.
- • Risk culture and behavioural drivers of risk.
- • Risk management policy and reporting lines.
Assessment, Analysis and Prioritisation
- • Qualitative assessment: probability and impact scales.
- • Risk matrices, heat maps and risk scoring models.
- • Quantitative methods: expected monetary value and Monte Carlo simulation.
- • Sensitivity analysis and scenario planning.
- • Risk aggregation and portfolio-level risk views.
- • Prioritisation, ownership assignment and treatment options.
- • Documenting assessment in the risk register.
Contractual Risk and Insurance
- • Risk allocation between employer, contractor and supplier.
- • Limitation of liability, indemnities and warranties.
- • Liquidated damages, penalties and performance security.
- • Insurance types: CAR, professional indemnity and public liability.
- • Bonds, guarantees and retention structures.
- • Force majeure, change in law and termination risk.
- • Reviewing contract terms for residual risk.
Compliance, Controls and Governance
- • Anti-bribery and corruption compliance frameworks.
- • Sanctions screening, AML and know-your-customer duties.
- • Data protection and privacy obligations.
- • Internal controls, segregation of duties and approval thresholds.
- • Delegation of authority matrices and policy governance.
- • Whistleblowing channels and investigations.
- • Regulatory reporting and disclosure duties.
Monitoring, Assurance and Response
- • Key risk indicators and early warning signals.
- • Risk dashboards, reporting cadence and board reporting.
- • Control testing, self-assessment and internal audit.
- • Incident management and root cause analysis.
- • Business continuity and crisis response planning.
- • Remediation plans and lessons learned processes.
- • Applied workshop: building a risk and compliance management plan.
Conclusion
By successfully completing Contract & Project Risk Management & Compliance, participants will gain a thorough working knowledge of risk identification and assessment, contractual risk allocation, compliance control design and risk monitoring. They will also have acquired the reporting habits that keep exposure visible and the assurance skills that test controls in practice. Gentex Training Center builds the programme around live risk registers and control frameworks, so learners apply each method as they study it.
FAQs for the Contract & Project Risk Management & Compliance course
— What is the "Contract & Project Risk Management & Compliance" course about?
It covers how risk is identified, assessed and controlled across contracts and projects. Topics include risk registers, contractual risk allocation, liability and insurance, compliance duties, internal controls, key risk indicators and incident response.
— What are the key benefits of the "Contract & Project Risk Management & Compliance" course?
You learn to see risk early and control it through contract terms and internal controls. The course reduces unexpected losses, strengthens compliance assurance, improves board reporting and protects the organisation from regulatory penalties.
— What skills will I gain from the "Contract & Project Risk Management & Compliance" course?
Risk identification and assessment, contractual risk allocation and insurance structuring, compliance control design and monitoring, and risk reporting and incident management.
— What tools, methods, or standards are covered in the "Contract & Project Risk Management & Compliance" course?
The ISO 31000 risk management framework, the COSO enterprise risk management framework, probability-impact matrices and heat maps, expected monetary value and Monte Carlo simulation, contract risk registers, limitation of liability and indemnity clause models, CAR and professional indemnity insurance, anti-bribery and sanctions screening controls, and key risk indicator dashboards.
— How is the "Contract & Project Risk Management & Compliance" course applied in real-world practice?
Professionals use it to run risk workshops, build registers, review contract terms, test controls and report exposure to the board. Participants build a complete risk and compliance management plan in the closing workshop.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Does Gentex provide this training course in-house training?
Yes. Gentex Training Center can deliver this course as an in-house training program for your organization. The course content, schedule, and delivery can be customized to meet your team’s specific needs and business objectives. Learn more about our In-House Training solutions.