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Section II
Typical High-Risk Problems/Response Actions
High-Risk Factors/Potential Problems
Risk Response Actions
B1. The projects major milestones and/or operational dates are fixed.
Re-negotiate schedule requirement to fit required
They were pre-established by an operational commitment or legal
activities.
requirements beyond control of the project team:
Re-negotiate scope to limit to activities deemed
doable in allotted time.
Work must be scheduled to fit within this schedule constraint
Establish new agreements with
Given schedule window may be impossible to accommodate
required activities
Customer/Owner/Sponsor based upon realistic
estimates
Most likely the schedule requirements will be impossible to meet
Put aggressive project tracking and monitoring
Hurried activity and schedule pressures are likely to cause
plans in place
inadvertent errors in work
Communicate status reports on regular basis
B2. Long estimated project duration:
Break the project into smaller, shorter subprojects
Harder to manage the schedule
Identify clear milestones to check that the project
is on schedule
Easier for the team and the customer to drift or lose focus
Be diligent using formal change management
More chance that project will lose organizational commitment
procedures
More chance business requirements will change
Rotate team members into different roles to keep
up the interest level
More chance of change in software or hardware versions
Strive to get ahead of schedule as early as
Difficult to instill sense of urgency at the beginning of project
possible.
More chance of team and customer turnover
Instill a sense of urgency from the start of the
project
Organize team-building activities to build
cohesion and reduce friction
Ensure all major deliverables are formally
approved, so that change management can be
invoked afterward
Make technical design and architecture decisions
as flexible as possible to account for potential
changes
C. Budget
C1. Project budget was not established with any proven tool or by
Re-estimate the project using proven tools and
any experienced person:
experienced personnel
Budget will most likely not be accurate
Revise scope to fit within the funding available
Don’t start the project until a better budget can be
Budget will not be structured in manor to facilitate tracking and
established
control.
There will be unrealistic expectations for what can be
accomplished within the budget.
C2. Project funding is less than the estimated cost and is unstable:
Renegotiate scope to fit within the funding
available
Project will be unable to fulfill expectations
Don’t start the project until an adequate budget or
Project will likely exceed it’s funding
lesser scope is established
D. Project Linkages
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