ID Risk Item Effect Cause Likelihood
What is the effect on any
or all of the project
deliverables if the cause What are the possible
Describe the risk briefly actually happens? cause(s) of this risk?
Unplanned issue,
Goal of lower cost is not unresearched, over-
1 Product over budget met designing parts 2
Product does not have
enough functional A requirement goes Run out of time, over
2 improvements unmet looking planned items 1
Under-designed parts,
Cracks and Fractures Durability is unforeseen weather
during use of well compromised, may injure conditions, unrecognized
3 maintained system user forces on system 1
Weakening of parts, Removal of paint, Strain
Significant corrosion Moving parts have higher from bending, unforeseen
4 occurs friction (sticking) weather conditions 1
Design is difficult to unintelligent part design,
manufacture and Late project, Parts need uninformed of tools
5 assemble redesign available at hand 1
Assembly does not line Errors in measuring, Bad
up, does not fit boat, design practices,
Does not improve Dimensioning parts
6 Modeling / GD&T flaws functionality incorrectly 2
Higher cost, Missing part -
need to redesign system
to work without it, parts Lack of knowledge, Using
Uncommon part is hard are harder to replace "in old design (assuming
7 to find the field" parts are still on market) 1
Durability of system is
compromised, Injure to Under-Designed parts,
user, Failure to achieve using incorrect materials,
8 Fragile part breaks requirements unforeseen forces 1
Need to redesign parts
Prototype breaks during for system, Use alternate Forcing parts to fit,
manufacturing, assembly, manufacturing method or Incorrect dimensions, non-
9 and testing phase material uniform materials 1
Fail durability
Prototype fails due to use requirement, Possible Incorrect use, wear over
10 abuse injure to user time 1
Order parts late, send
incorrect prints, Order
incorrect part, vendor
11 Parts arrive late Don't meet deadlines failure 2
Don't meet deadlines, We order parts
Wrong parts are Must alter design to fit incorrectly, Vendor
12 delivered parts failure 1
Don't deliver what we
promise, Deliver
differently from what we
Fail design requirement, promise, do not listen to
13 Dissatisfied stakeholders Must redesign system customer suggestions 1
Bad group dynamic,
Incomplete assignments, Personal disagreements,
Lack of communication Non-rational decisions Bad work ethics, Project
14 within team changing the project disagreements 2
Incorrect decisions, lack
of communication,
Inner team conflict on disagreements, bad work conflicting opinions,
15 design decision ethic different past experiences 2
conflicting opinions,
Incorrect decisions, lack different past
of communication, experiences, external
Inner team conflict due disagreements, bad work disagreements,
16 to personal reasons ethic scheduling conflicts 1
Loss of manpower, loss of
Team member/s is/are skill in an area, Loss of
17 incapacitated ideas Sick, death, drop out, etc 1
Fail to meet goals, loss of
reliability,
Team member/s does Communication Bad work ethic, Issues in
not complete distribution breakdown, Personal design arise, Out of class
18 of their work conflicts arise issues, 1
Project falls behind Fail to meet time Late parts, Slow design,
19 schedule requirment Lack of commitment 2
Late parts, Slow design,
Fail to meet time Lack of commitment,
20 Team runs out of time requirment failure to pick up slack 1
Importanc
Severity e Action to Minimize Risk Plan B Owner
What action(s) will you
take (and by when) to
prevent, reduce the What action(s) could you Who is responsible for
impact of, or transfer the take if original mitigation following through on
L*S risk of this occurring? plans fail? mitigation?
Reduce cost by seeking Reduce price by scaling
lower priced alternative back level of expensive
2 4 parts improvements Whole Team
Keep track of planned
improvements, all Plan for possible
deliverables addressed at additional improvements
3 3 each stage in project made if time is available Whole Team
Be sure to analyze all
forces and members, give
user instructions for well- Have customer sign
3 3 being of system waiver Whole Team
Use corosion resistant
materials (i.e. aluminum), Instruct customer system
appropriately coat and must be cleaned after
2 2 protect steel each use Whole Team
Check with shop on tool last effort - try other
selection, get specialist to shops on campus to see if
3 3 advise our parts they can help Whole Team
Redesign part to fit
Remeasure parts while system better than
3 6 creating prints originally planend Whole Team
Check current market for
all planned parts, Raise Include alternate designs
the question of customer for if part needs to be
purchasing spare parts replaced with different
2 2 now part in future Whole Team
Check material
brittleness, keep stress
values at required
3 3 amounts Reinforce part Whole Team
Design with factor of
safety, Do not rush
assembly, Practice
manufacturing step on
3 3 scrap material Remake part Whole Team
Design with factor of Instruct user on potential
2 2 safety bad practices Whole Team
Order parts early, Double Use alternative parts to
check prints for correct meet deadline, then swap
3 6 dimensions in better parts late Whole Team
Order parts early to build
in time to reorder, double
check with vendor on Alter design to make
3 3 parts are coming parts work Whole Team
Be sure to follow up and
make sure customer
approves our design,
Follow our designs
according to what was Fix what is not liked by
3 3 agreed upon customer Whole Team
Compromise, Know that Get it done, Out-of-
the customer is always project time (team
3 6 right building) Whole Team
Compromise, Know that Get it done, Out-of-
the customer is always project time (team
3 6 right building) Whole Team
Keep professional, Deal
with coworkers like a real Get it done, Out-of-
job, Do more work on project time (team
3 3 own time building) Whole Team
Trim project scope down,
3 3 Request a new member Put in more time/ effort Whole Team
Confront team member, Get work done for said
Bring issue to adviser, team member, assess
Lessen work load on situation after work is
3 3 member done Whole Team
Work down time into Extra work time, rush
schedule, Weekly status manufacturing, Pick up
meeting, Keep slack through another
2 4 assignments short member Whole Team
Work down time into
schedule, Weekly status
meeting, Keep
assignments short, Work
3 3 "overtime" Conference with adviser Whole Team