Artifact: Risk List

This artifact is a sorted list of known and open risks to the project, sorted in order of importance and associated with specific mitigation or contingency actions.

Domains: Project Management

Purpose

To capture the perceived risks to the success of the project.

Relationships

Roles

Responsible:

Project Manager

Modified By:

Project Manager

Tasks

Input To:

Manage Iteration

Plan Iteration

Output From:

Description

Main Description

This list identifies, in decreasing order of priority, all the risks associated to a project. It serves as a focal point for project activities and is the basis around which iterations are organized.

See Concept: Risk for more details.

Illustrations

Templates	Risk List

Key Considerations

This list should capture the critical and serious risks. If you find this list extending beyond 20, carefully consider whether they are really serious risks. Tracking more than 20 risks is an onerous task.

More Information

Checklists	Risk List
Concepts	Risk

This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
Eclipse Public License v1.0 which accompanies this distribution.