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Risk Analysis


               Risk Type         Risk Frequency               Description                      Solution
           Requirements       Frequently                ●  Pre-requisites not           ●  System must be
                                                           satisfied                         updated/upgraded to
                                                        ●  Outdated requirements in         the latest software and
                                                           the system                       hardware
                                                        ●  Hardware requirements
                                                           not met

           Schedule Risk      Likely                    ●  Risk associated with the     ●  Parts of software
                                                           adequacy of the time             development must be
                                                           alotted for the planning         done within a certain
                                                        ●  Resource and                     deadline
                                                           Development (R&D)
           Technology Risk     Seldom                   ●  Bugs in the code             ●  The bugs must be
                                                           generated                        removed and the code
                                                        ●  Running on the                   must pass as many test
                                                           developers side but not          cases as possible
                                                           on the client side yet       ●  The developer must
                                                           having the same                  solve the client side
                                                           requirements                     problem that is being
                                                                                            generated

           Cost Risk          Unlikely                  ●  Risk that is associated      ●  The cost of
                                                           with the ability of the          optimization must be
                                                           project to achieve the           done effectively with
                                                           planned life cycle               low cost
                                                                                        ●  Use of open source
                                                                                            software must be used
                                                                                            for low cost

           Business Risk      Ocassional                ●  Risk that is associated      ●  The software must be
                                                           when the project is              sold at a low cost
                                                           deployed into the market     ●  Someone will be
                                                        ●  Not making a good profit          appointed as the sales
                                                           out of it                        head for managing the
                                                        ●  Not being sold much              sales of the software
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