Welcome to the SEPO Risk Management Toolkit

The most important part of your risk management effort is process and the way you use it. If you do not have a process yet, we recommend that you start using tools that will help you develop a process.

The "Process Assets" compartment of this toolkit contains tools that can help you define, tailor, implement, and monitor a risk management process on your program or within your organization. These tools include guidance, steps, and descriptions of elements of the process.

The "Support Assets" compartment of the toolkit contains detailed information that you can use at specific steps of the process.

Steps of Process Diagram

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If you have any additional information or assets in risk management, send them to the CMMI core team.

Also, please let us know if something in this material is:

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We will do our best to consider your needs in future editions of the toolkit.


	There is no magic to risk management. You need good communications, practical planning, and automated databases to build a successful Risk Management Process. Evolutionary acquisition and spiral development introduce some unique challenges in identifying, assessing, and managing risk because of the number of concurrent development and operational requirement baselines that the stakeholders need to synchronize. Definitions Steps of Process Tailoring Guidelines
	Tailoring guidance on the standard seven-step process and self-assessment checklist. Self Assessment Compliance Process CMMI Risk Management Goals Risk Review
	AF Policy Directive 90-9: Operational Risk Management, 1 April 2000 AFI 90-901: Operational Risk Management, 1 April 2000 AFMC Instruction 90-902: Operational Risk Management, Dec 07
	Library DSMC Risk Management Guide for DoD Acquisition AFMC Pamphlet 63-101 DoD 5000.2-R View complete list. Links Software Engineering Institute Risk Management Defense Software Collaborations - Risk Management Tools and Methods View complete list.


	Risk assessment and analysis procedures. Affinity Diagrams Brainstorming Risk Plotting Risk Statements
	A collection of risk categories and descriptions of past programs. Consolidated Individual Risk Areas
	Risk management productivity enhancement and tracking tools. RiskNav Risk Matrix Risk Radar Cost Risk and Uncertainty - Chapter 14, GAO Cost Estimating and Assessment Guide, Mar 09
	ORM Lessons Learned and examples relevant to the ESC product line. Risk Process Orientation Detailed Risk Process Facilitator Training
	Sample Risk Management Plan Process Lessons Learned