Question: Project Safeguard will develop and distribute an enterprise-wide software application for backing up employee computer files. Employees will be required to use it for backup.

Project Safeguard will develop and distribute an enterprise-wide software application for backing up employee computer files. Employees will be required to use it for backup.

Risks are already identified with qualitative assessment. A selected set of those risks are itemized below.

This work will discuss each identified risk, its high-level effect on the project, and determine plausible responses, triggers, and contingency actions.

Please fill in the risk log, the parts Probability, Impact, Total Impact, Risk Response and Triggers and Actions.

R

#

Date Identified

Risk

Effect on Project

Risk

Owner

Probability (circle one)

Impact (circle one)

Total Impact

( P x I )

Risk Response

(circle one)

If it happens: Triggers and Actions

10

15-Feb-19

No suitable solution found that meets all the objectives

Ineffective project deliverables.

Darryl Fisher

1-Low

2-Med

3-High

1-Low

2-Med

3-High

AVOID

TRANSFER

MITIGATE

ACCEPT

Triggers:

Actions:

11

15-Feb-19

Loss of power or internet connection at key roll-out, demo or training events.

Users will not take the product seriously if it cannot be demonstrated to work.

Jill Nichols

1-Low

2-Med

3-High

1-Low

2-Med

3-High

AVOID

TRANSFER

MITIGATE

ACCEPT

Triggers:

Actions:

12

15-Feb-19

Costs could rise significantly during the course of the project

Sponsor may be unable to financially support the project.

Hector Brady

1-Low

2-Med

3-High

1-Low

2-Med

3-High

AVOID

TRANSFER

MITIGATE

ACCEPT

Triggers:

Actions:

13

15-Feb-19

Poor intra-project communications.

Disjointed work, lack of cohesion.

Estelle Hanson

1-Low

2-Med

3-High

1-Low

2-Med

3-High

AVOID

TRANSFER

MITIGATE

ACCEPT

Triggers:

Actions:

14

15-Feb-19

A large portion of the task estimates are inaccurate.

It will take longer and cost more to execute the WBS tasks.

Vanessa Austin

1-Low

2-Med

3-High

1-Low

2-Med

3-High

AVOID

TRANSFER

MITIGATE

ACCEPT

Triggers:

Actions:

15

15-Feb-19

Activities are missing from scope.

Nobody will be paying attention to necessary work that wont get done.

Christina Rice

1-Low

2-Med

3-High

1-Low

2-Med

3-High

AVOID

TRANSFER

MITIGATE

ACCEPT

Triggers:

Actions:

16

15-Feb-19

Project team misunderstands or misinterprets project requirements

A gap may develop between expectations, requirements and work packages.

Abel Shaw

1-Low

2-Med

3-High

1-Low

2-Med

3-High

AVOID

TRANSFER

MITIGATE

ACCEPT

Triggers:

Actions:

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