Sample Risk Management Plan

Sample Outline

This sample is provided to give PMs and their staffs a starting point for their own planning process. The following Table of Contents serves as a recommended outline.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1.0 INTRODUCTION
1.1 Purpose and Objectives

2.0 PROGRAM SUMMARY
2.1 Description
2.2 Acquisition Strategy
2.3 Program Management Approach

3.0 RISK-RELATED DEFINITIONS
3.1 Technical Risk
3.2 Schedule Risk
3.3 Cost Risk
3.4 Risk Ratings

4.0 RISK MANAGEMENT STATUS AND STRATEGY
4.1 Risk Management Status
4.2 Risk Management Strategy

5.0 ORGANIZATION
5.1 Program Office
5.2 Responsibilities

6.0 RISK MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE AND PROCEDURES
6.1 Risk Planning
6.2 Risk Assessment
   Identification
   Analysis
   Risk Rating
   Risk Prioritization
6.3 Risk Handling
6.4 Risk Monitoring
Risk Management Information System (RMIS), Documentation, and Reports

Process Lessons Learned

Program Management Community of Practice (PM CoP), Risk Management
The Risk Management Focus Area of the PM CoP provides just-in-time learning, collaboration and performance support tools to improve overall on-the-job risk management performance. The community members develop and refine the list and provide content to support it.

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Software Program Managers Network (SPMN) Lessons Learned, 31 December 1998
The SPMN was established in 1992 to identify proven industry and government software best practices and convey these practices to managers of large-scale DoD system acquisition programs. This webpage is a culmination of Lessons Learned collected by the Software Program Managers Network.(SPMN).