| | 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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