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Section II
Typical High-Risk Problems/Response Actions
High-Risk Factors/Potential Problems
Risk Response Actions
A1. The scope of the project is poorly defined:
Focus on firming up scope in the planning
process
Hard to provide sound estimates
Define various components of scope, such as
May spend time and cost on areas out of scope
what departments are affected, what deliverables
are expected, what type of information is required
Hard to gather concise requirement
Clearly define what is out of scope for the project
Difficult to write project definition and work plan
Begin to define business requirements at a high
Hard to invoke scope-change procedures
level and then work upward to define scope
Project deliverables are poorly defined
Ask project sponsor to make decision on
conflicting scope statements
Document all scope assumptions when providing
estimates of work, cost, or duration
Use pictures or diagrams to communicate scope
and options
Establish firm scope-change procedures up front
Ensure the project definition and business
requirements are formally approved and signed
off on
Distribute scope statements to all stakeholders
for confirmation
Do not begin project until scope is clear
A2. The business requirements of the project are vague or complex:
Use joint application design (JAD) session to
gather requirements from all stakeholders
Difficult to document the requirement properly
together
Difficult to use tools to document the requirements
Utilize prototyping and iterative development
techniques to assist users in discovering the
Difficult to understand what the expectations of the project are
requirements of the new system
Chance that the resulting solution will not meet business need
Get access to the sponsor and to senior
management to provide overall guidance
May be a sign of a lack of focus from the customer
Provide training to the customers on how to think
about and express business requirements
Ensure that the final business requirements are
approved in writing and that a change-
management procedure is enforced after that
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