Risk Assessment

Identify and manage architectural risks using risk matrices and mitigation strategies.

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Risk Assessment

Identify, prioritize, and mitigate architectural risks through systematic assessment and planning.

Instructions

  1. Identify Risks: Technical, operational, business, market risks
  2. Assess: Likelihood and impact for each
  3. Prioritize: Focus on high likelihood × high impact risks
  4. Mitigate: Strategies to reduce risk (accept, mitigate, avoid, transfer)
  5. Monitor: Track risk status throughout project

Anti-Patterns

  • No Risk Planning: "Hope it works." Result: surprised when problems appear. Guard: Explicit risk matrix.
  • Ignoring Mitigation: Identify risk but don't plan response. Guard: Every risk has mitigation strategy.

Further Reading

  • Risk Management in Software Architecture

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