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Risk Log

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Risk Log Summary

ID

Name

Impact

Impact
Analysis

Date Raised

Event/Impact
Probability

Status

 0001

Project Management processes are not established and familiar

Medium Impact

 

Rework and delays to schedule

 

06/02/2006

70%/100%

Closed (Disappeared)

 0002

Business Benefit is not clearly defined

High Impact

 

Lack of cooperation from other parts of the organisation.

 

06/02/2006

70%/100%

Active

 0003

Resistance to providing information

Medium Impact

 

Analysis will have insufficient or incorrect data, leading to poorly informed decision

 

06/02/2006

50%/100%

Active

 0004

Too many options

Medium Impact

 

Decision stage will be delayed by too many options

 

06/02/2006

70%/100%

Active

 0005

Travel ban

Very High Impact

 

Considerable delay to analysis phase

 

06/02/2006

10%/100%

Analysed awaiting Prioritisation

 0006

Operational Issues

Medium Impact

 

This will cause disruption and delay - potentially the rest of the project team will be held  up by just one key absence

 

06/02/2006

50%/100%

Analysed awaiting Prioritisation

 0007

Lack of Corporate Finance/Treasury knowledge

High Impact

 

Additional support resource will be required from the relevant departments - this may not be available when needed and may add to project costs.

 

06/02/2006

90%/100%

Active

 0008

Lack of familiarity with overseas units

Medium Impact

 

Analysis may prove to be biased or otherwise ineffective.

 

06/02/2006

90%/100%

Active

 0009

Resistance to change leading to no-go decision

Very High Impact

 

No implementation

 

06/02/2006

50%/100%

Active

 0010

Impact of external changes during the project - commercial, regulatoruy, economic etc.

High Impact

 

Whlst change control can ensure that no unwarranted delays are encountered, there is still potential for delays to arise due to unforeseen and unavoidable .external changes - these will cause delays which then extends the threat window for further changes, possibly resulting in the project being overtaken by events.

 

06/02/2006

30%/100%

Analysed awaiting Prioritisation

 0011

Lack of spare capacity in team

Medium Impact

 

Delays to schedule due to lack of suitable resource

 

06/02/2006

30%/100%

Analysed awaiting Prioritisation

 0012

Organisational appetite for change

Medium Impact

 

Overall underlying rejection of the project's goals and objectives.

 

06/02/2006

50%/100%

Analysed awaiting Prioritisation

 0013

Lack of current data on Competitor X

Low Impact

 

Poorly informed choices in the Decision Stage.

 

06/02/2006

90%/100%

Active

 0014

Off-site communications

Low Impact

 

There will be delays from rework and addiitonal work required to sort ut problems from lack of effective communication.

 

06/02/2006

70%/100%

Analysed awaiting Prioritisation

 0015

Lack of technology awareness

Medium Impact

 

Best Case - rework and delays to correct analysis and options.

Worst case - errrors and ommissions go unnoticed resulting in making the wrong decisions.

 

06/02/2006

90%/100%

Active

 0016

Project Team personnel

Very High Impact

 

Andy is the team leader for the project, he needs to stay on board untli at least the end of Design Stage, and ideally through to establishing the Change Programme.

 

20/03/2006

50%/100%

Active

 








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