ADLP 8601 Project Risk and Quality Management

This course introduces you to the fundamentals of risk and quality management. Managing quality and risks are important elements of effective project management. You will learn how to identify risks, assess probabilities and potential impacts, plan risk response strategies, and monitor, control, and communicate risks throughout the project life cycle. You will also learn principles of quality management, how to successfully assure quality and ensure customer satisfaction by monitoring results using quality control tools. This hybrid course will consist of in-class sessions and online asynchronous work.

Course overview

Department
Advancing Studies
School
ADV
Credits
3
Level
Graduate
Offered
Periodically in the Fall, Periodically in the Spring, Periodically in the Summer

Course evaluations

Response-weighted averages from Boston College’s official course evaluations (Avalanche/Blue).

Course rating
3.94 / 5 · Very Good
16 responses
Instructor rating
4.19 / 5 · Very Good
16 responses
Terms evaluated
2
Most recent: Spring 2026

Scales: overall ratings run from 1 (poor) to 5 (excellent); agreement questions from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree); weekly effort from 1 (up to 1 hour) to 5 (10 or more hours).

Evaluations by term and instructor
TermInstructorCourse overallInstructor overallWell organizedClear learning objectivesIntellectually challengingHelpful assignmentsApplicable beyond courseAttendance necessaryWeekly effortResponses
Spring 2026Aza Chirkova3.33.53.54.04.53.73.53.8—6 of 11
Spring 2025Aza Chirkova4.34.64.84.84.54.64.63.64–6 hrs/week10 of 13

Data freshness

Course and evaluation data last updated 2026-10-09. Source details and limitations are documented in Data Sources and Methodology.

Instructors

  • Aza Chirkova
    Spring 2026, Spring 2025 · Official rating 4.19/5