Wednesday 2 March 2011

Project Plan Post 3 of 7: Risk Analysis and Success Plan

The initial risk analysis is detailed below.

No
Risk
Probability
Impact
Mitigation
1
Staffing not in place at project start
low
low
· Key project directing/managing staff already in post.
· GIS specialist available as required to support project.
· No recruitment is necessary for project start up.
2
Absence, illness or loss of key staff during the project
low
low
· A ‘pool’ of analysts and technical resource exists within IT Services the workload of these could be reprioritised to support this initiative.
· Team-based culture with collaborative practice to share learning and knowledge amongst team members.
3
Scope of project over-ambitious
low
medium
· Strong Project Board involvement to provide realistic and pragmatic project guidance.
· Early refinement of detailed work packages in consultation with stakeholders represented on Project Board.
· Approach to project has been to identify a mix of deliverables covering working enhancements, feasibility studies and designs to support future work.
4
Lack of buy-in, engagement or commitment from internal stakeholders
low
high
· Very high level commitment at senior levels in Genetics and IT Services.
· Issues with and priority of addressing research requirements well understood within UoL.
· Strategic importance of developing integrated HALOGEN database well recognised.
5
Technology-related failures
low
low
· Experienced in-house technical resource available to help with design and implementation of technical solutions.
· Objective is to exploit existing data management infrastructure within IT Services and UoL. The technical solution will be aligned with the UoL IT Strategy.
· The evaluation criteria for any new infrastructure components will be weighted to reflect the need for ‘well proven’ and ‘robust’ solutions wherever possible.
6
Lack of relevance of lessons learned to wider JISC/UK RDS Community
medium
medium
· Involvement of JISC and UKRDS on Project Board to align initiatives with broader requirements of the HE community.

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