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Cost management and risk management are tightly connected in project management. Any failure to manage risks can result in a project that is behind schedule, over budget, or mired in litigation. Following is the list of our project risks.

  1. Critical Risk: RMS Fails to assist septic system users control their water usage
  2. Critical Risk: Hardware, Software, and Installation costs push the price above market value
  3. Major Risk: Manufacturer of the RMS Central Wall Unit pulls out
  4. Moderate Risk: Water Meter Manufacturer pulls out
  5. Minor Technical Risk: Water Meters Measure in another unit of measure
  6. Minor Technical Risk: Septic Tank Measured in an alternate unit of measure

Our Risks
       
 1. Marketing Risk: Failure to Solve the Problem
Probability:   Low
Consequence:   Critical
Solution:   If RMS fails to help the user control their use of water to maintain their septic system, the project could fail. To avoid this problem a functional prototype will be made and Tested under extreme conditions.

 
 2. Critical Risk: Production and installation costs push the price above market value
Probability:   Moderate
Consequence:   Critical
Solution:   The Hardware costs, Software Development Costs, and Installation costs may push the price of the final product higher than people are willing to pay for it. To avoid this, COTS products will be used wherever possible.


 
 3. Major Risk: Critical manufacturer goes out of business
Probability:   Moderate
Consequence:   Major
Solution:   RMS will have to find a new manufacturer during this time period and may sustain some financial losses should this happen.

 
 4. Moderate Risk: Water meter manufacturer goes out of business
Probability:   Moderate
Consequence:   Moderate
Solution:   RMS will then seek a new manufacturer of pulse code output water meters. These companies are more common so the risk is only moderate

 
 5. Minor Technical Risk: Water meters have alternate units of measure
Probability:   Low
Consequence:   Minor
Solution:   RMS will use existing devices/equipment that are already in compliance with the requirements. A workaround would be to convert the alternate units of measure to U.S. Gallons

 
 6. Minor Technical Risk: Septic Tank is measured in an alternate unit of measure
Probability:   Moderate
Consequence:   Low
Solution:   The units will be manually converted to U.S. gallons and entered into the RMS wall unit as U.S. gallons at install time.

 
 
 
 
 
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