Martin Hopkinson

United Kingdom

Martin Hopkinson is the Director of Risk Management Capability Limited and has 30 years’ experience as a project manager, project risk management specialist and consultant. His experience has been gained across a wide variety of industries and engineering disciplines and includes multi-billion pound projects and programmes.

Martin’s first book, The Project Risk Maturity Model, concerns the risk management process. His contributions to Association for Project Management (APM) guides such as Directing Change and Sponsoring Change reflect his belief in the importance of project governance and business case development.

In his most recent book Net Present Value and Risk Modelling for Projects he brings these subjects together by showing how NPV and risk modelling techniques can be used to optimise projects and support project approval decisions. (To learn more about the book, click here.)

Articles and Papers

Schedule Risk Analysis: a brief guide - Series Article - Hopkinson - May 2023
Risk Registers: A brief guide (Practical Project Risk Management) - Series Article - Hopkinson - April 2023
Risk Classification Criteria Tables: a brief guide (Practical Project Risk Management) - Series Article - Hopkinson - March 2023
Probability-Impact Matrices: A brief guide - Series Article - Hopkinson - February 2023
Variability Risks and Event Risks: A brief guide - Series Article - Hopkinson - January 2023
Three-scenario Estimates: A brief guide (Practical Project Risk Management) - Series Article - Hopkinson - December 2022
Three-point Estimates: a brief guide (Practical Project Risk Management) - Series Article - Hopkinson - November 2022
Multiplicative Risk Effects: A brief guide - Series Article - Hopkinson - October 2022
Pre and Post Risk Mitigation Estimates: A brief guide - Series Article - Hopkinson - September 2022
Identifying High-Risk Projects: A brief guide - Series Article - Hopkinson - August 2022
Source-orientated Parent-Child Risk Breakdown: A brief guide (Practical Project Risk Management) - Series Articles - Hopkinson - July 2022
The Lack of Project-related Experience Amongst Government Ministers - Commentary - Hopkinson - June 2022
Top-down Multicycle Risk Management Process: A brief guide (Practical Project Risk Management) - Series Article - Hopkinson - June 2022
Risk Ownership: a brief guide (Practical Project Risk Management) - Series Article - Hopkinson - May 2022
Risk Descriptions: A brief guide (Practical Project Risk Management) - Series Article - Hopkinson - April 2022
On the Subject of Brief Risk Management Guides - Letter to the Editor - Hopkinson - March 2022
Risk Identification: A brief guide (Practical Project Risk Management) - Series Article - Hopkinson - March 2022
The Threat-Opportunity Risk Matrix Paradox – should we continue to use common-practice risk analysis methods? - Featured Paper - Hopkinson - February 2021
High Speed Rail: HS2 – A Project Business Case in Crisis - Featured Paper - Hopkinson - December 2020
The Brexit Project: The Need for a Project-Based Approach - Commentaries - Hopkinson - August 2016
The Case for Project Net Present Value (NPV) and NPV Risk Models - Series Articles - Hopkinson - June 2016