sethdford Risk Assessment
Identify, prioritize, and mitigate architectural risks through systematic assessment and planning.
Instructions
- Identify Risks: Technical, operational, business, market risks
- Assess: Likelihood and impact for each
- Prioritize: Focus on high likelihood × high impact risks
- Mitigate: Strategies to reduce risk (accept, mitigate, avoid, transfer)
- 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