Sample Risk Management Plan |
Rank |
RIN |
Source of Risk |
Risk Event |
Response Strategies |
Action Required |
1 |
2 |
Architect Review |
Insufficient time to perform product verification test |
- Have available personnel work overtime
- Plan activities
- Negotiate with client or project sponsor for more time
|
- PM to contact team and inform them to start working overtime
- PM to plan activities
- PM to negotiate with client or project sponsor for more time
|
2 |
4 |
WBS review by lead tester |
No test suites available for required open systems standards |
- Hire testing firm to validate open systems standards
|
- PM to hire testing firm to validate open systems standards
|
3 |
1 |
WBS |
Incomplete UCD analysis results in user interface problems |
- Use Joint Application Design (JAD) to determine initial requirements
- Use task analysis to better understand potential client or project sponsor's environment
- Build prototype
|
- PM to use JAD to determine initial requirements
- PM to use task analysis to better understand potential client or project sponsor's environment
- PM to add a step to the project plan for build protoype
|
4 |
5 |
Contractual requirements/product plan assumptions |
Use of new IPD methodology will delay schedule |
- Cancel annual leave, send staff to training
- Hire outside expert to act as coach
- Use on-the-job training approach-give everyone the material and tell them they must know it by a certain date
|
- PM to cancel annual leave and make arrangements to send staff to training
- PM to hire outside expert to act as a coach
- PM to gather the material and give it to each member of the staff and tell them they must know this material by a date
|
5 |
3 |
Company objectives and plans |
Elements not fully integrated into OS public build |
- Create OS development SWAT team to complete all necessary items quickly
- Negotiate with senior management for more time
|
- PM to create OS swat team
- PM to negotiate with senior management for more time
|