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Schedule risk analysis often feels like a black box. You run Monte Carlo simulations. You generate confidence dates. You review risk registers. And then… nothing really changes.
The insights rarely make it into your day-to-day decisions, leadership discussions, or forecast conversations.
Risk data exists—but it isn’t truly used.
In this practical masterclass, you’ll learn how to turn schedule risk analysis into something you can actually use. You’ll walk through a field-tested approach to quantifying schedule risk with Acumen Risk—and then transforming those results into clear, decision-ready insights and visuals using Power BI.
Instead of overwhelming charts and probability jargon, you’ll see how to translate confidence curves, risk distributions, contingency drawdown, criticality, sensitivity, and risk drivers into defensible visuals that owners, project managers, and leadership immediately understand and can act upon.
This session is built for you if you’re a project controls professional, scheduler, or owner who wants to move beyond “we ran a risk analysis” and toward risk-informed scheduling, prioritization, and governance—without over-engineering the process.
Here’s what you’ll gain by attending this free 90-min masterclass:
- Learn how schedule uncertainty is quantified in Acumen Risk—and what needs to be true for confidence dates and probability outputs to actually mean something you can defend.
- Identify which activities, paths, and logic are really driving risk, so you can focus your attention on what moves the schedule—not background noise.
- Convert probabilistic outputs into KPIs that resonate with leadership, without dumbing down the analysis or losing credibility.
- See how Power BI can make risk results interactive, explorable, and consumable—allowing you and your stakeholders to slice risk by phase, system, contractor, or milestone.
- Close the loop between risk analysis, forecasting, and accountability so risk becomes a living input to your schedule—not a one-time study that gets archived.
If you’ve ever struggled to explain schedule risk in a way that leads to action—or felt that your risk analysis deserved more impact—this session will give you the clarity, structure, and tools to change that.
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We have limited number of virtual seats available on our webcast system and space will fill up fast, so register now to avoid missing out.
About Shane Richardson
Shane Richardson is President of Lagrange, a project controls consulting company. Throughout his career, Shane has built an extensive background advising owners and contractors on project execution and management, with particular expertise in planning and scheduling, cost control, change management, risk management, and project management.
Shane brings deep experience in resolving claims and disputes on construction projects, tackling complex challenges including schedule delay analysis, productivity and labor analysis, quantifying the effects of delay and disruption, and addressing cost overruns. He has partnered with contractors and both public and private owners to implement robust Project Management Offices (PMO) and Program Controls programs across diverse industries—from Government and Mining to Power, Oil and Gas, Nuclear, Environmental Remediation, Commercial, and Technology sectors.
Before entering consulting, Shane worked for Bechtel Corporation and CB&I across their Power, Government, Civil Infrastructure, Mining, and Oil and Gas business units. There, he provided cost, schedule, risk, and change management services on large-scale EPC projects ranging from $20M to $25B.
To learn more about Shane, please visit his profile on LinkedIn.
About Shohreh Ghorbani
Shohreh Ghorbani is the Founder and Technical Director of Project Control Academy. She began her career as an Industrial Engineer, working in manufacturing and quality systems, where she developed a strong foundation in how data, process discipline, and continuous improvement work together to drive performance. After moving to Canada, she transitioned into Project Controls and built more than two decades of experience across multiple disciplines, with deep expertise in planning and scheduling and cost controls on major multi-billion-dollar projects.
Entering Project Controls without formal training became a defining turning point in her professional journey. It motivated her to build what she wished had existed from the beginning, clear, practical, and accessible education that helps professionals develop competence with confidence. In 2012, she founded Project Control Academy, which has grown into a global leader in Project Controls training, serving tens of thousands of professionals worldwide. She is the creator of several flagship programs, including Applied Project Controls, Earned Value Management Mastery, Project Scheduling Blueprint, Project Control Career Success Roadmap, Project Controls for Project Managers, and Applied AI in Project Controls.
At the heart of Shohreh’s work is a passion for teaching and simplifying complexity so professionals can apply concepts immediately in real projects. She actively collaborates with experts worldwide through webinars, live broadcasts, interviews, and the Project Control Summit, bringing current insights and practical guidance to the global project controls community. Following a webinar on AI and a keynote presentation at Project Control Summit on AI-Powered Project Controls, the response from the community made the next step unmistakable: professionals wanted hands-on, job-ready AI skills. That momentum helped shape Applied AI in Project Controls, reflecting her mission to help project professionals embrace the future with clarity, confidence, and the ability to turn AI from a buzzword into a real advantage in their work and careers.
To learn more about Shohreh, visit her profile on LinkedIn.
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