Schedule includes milestones that have not been clearly defined
Schedule includes milestones that have not been clearly defined.
Risk Assessment Checklist
| Risk Assessment Checklist | ||||
| Category | Risk | Impact | Likelihood | Difficulty of Detection |
| Organizational | Project lacks Executive-level Sponsor | 1 | 1 | |
| Budget reduces team’s capacity | 3 | 3 | ||
| Management insist on decisions that lengthen schedule | 5 | 5 | ||
| Inefficient team structure reduces productivity | 7 | 7 | ||
| Review/decision cycle slower than expected | 9 | 9 | ||
| Vendor tasks take longer than expected | 1 | 1 | ||
| Staff | Hiring resources takes longer than expected | 3 | 1 | |
| Work from a prior project not be completed on time | 5 | 3 | ||
| Low motivation reduces productivity | 7 | 4 | ||
| Lack of skills increases defects | 9 | 6 | ||
| Personnel with critical skills unavailable | 1 | 3 | ||
| Personnel need extra time to learn unfamiliar tools | 3 | 3 | ||
| Contractors leave before the project completion | 5 | 6 | ||
| Conflicts between team result in errors and extra rework | 7 | 6 | ||
| Development Environment | Facilities not be available on time | 9 | 9 | |
| Facilities inadequate | 1 | 1 | ||
| Development tools may not be in place by the desired time | 3 | 1 | ||
| Development tools may not work as expected | 5 | 1 | ||
| Learning curve for new tools longer than expected | 7 | 1 | ||
| User | User requirements are unstable | 9 | 1 | |
| User review/decision cycles slower than expected | 1 | 9 | ||
| Users may not participate in review cycles | 3 | 3 | ||
| Users may not accept the end product | 5 | 5 | ||
| Users may have expectations than cannot be met | 7 | 7 | ||
| Contractor | Contractor may not deliver work when promised | 9 | 9 | |
| Contractor may deliver low quality products | 1 | 1 | ||
| Contractor may have other high-priority work | 3 | 3 | ||
| External | Product depends on government regulations | 5 | 5 | |
| Product depends on draft technical standards | 7 | 7 | ||
| Specifications poorly defined | 9 | 9 | ||
| Additional requirements added | 1 | 1 | ||
| Error-prone modules may require more testing | 3 | 3 | ||
| Components may not be easily integrated | 5 | 5 | ||
| Schedule | Schedule, resources, and product definition unclear | 7 | 7 | |
| Schedule is over-optimistic | 9 | 9 | ||
| Schedule omits necessary tasks | 1 | 1 | ||
| Excessive schedule pressure may reduce productivity | 3 | 3 | ||
| Schedule includes several tasks that have multiple predecessors | 5 | 5 | ||
| Schedule includes milestones that have not been clearly defined | 7 | 7 |
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Organizational
Project lacks Executive-level Sponsor
Budget reduces team’s capacity
Management insist on decisions that lengthen schedule
Risk Assessment Checklist
Schedule includes milestones that have not been clearly defined
