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.