Risk Register for the LCG Project — 8th August 2003
	Likelihood:			Impact:
	1 - never expected to happen			1 - we can deal with it, no problem
	2 - could happen but very unlikely			2 - a bit of a hassle but not too bad
	3 - could well happen at some point			3 - clearly can be dealt with, but with significant effort
	4 - will probably happen			4 - crisis
ID	Name	LCG			Funding			Apps			Fabric			Deploy.			GTA
		Li	Im	Risk	Li	Im	Risk	Li	Im	Risk	Li	Im	Risk	Li	Im	Risk	Li	Im	Risk
Personnel Issues		LCG			Funding			Apps			Fabric			Deploy.			GTA
R1	Recruitment/Retention difficulties	1	2	2	2	2	4	3	3	9	1	2	2	3	3	9
R2	Sudden loss of key staff	2	3	6				2	3	6	2	3	6	2	3	6	2	3	6
R3	Sub-components not delivered to area	2	2	4				2	3	6	2	4	8
R4	Duplication of Effort	2	1	2				4	1	4	1	2	2
Schedule and Budgets		LCG			Funding			Apps			Fabric			Deploy.			GTA
R5	Unrealistic timeframe/schedule	3	2	6										3	3	9	3	3	9
R6	LHC timeframe extended	3	1	3	3	1	3
R7	Lack of funding to meet phase 1 goals	2	3	6	2	3	6				2	4	8
R8	Funding agencies do not provide agreed resources	1	3	3	1	3	3
R9	Offered in kind contributions do not fit requirements	2	2	4	2	2	4				2	2	4
Requirements and Analysis		LCG			Funding			Apps			Fabric			Deploy.			GTA
R10	Change in project scope	2	1	2				2	2	4	2	2	4				2	2	4
R11	Conflicting software requirements	2	2	4				2	3	6	2	3	6				2	3	6
R12	Inadequate analysis/specification	2	3	6				2	2	4	2	4	8				2	4	8
R13	Requirements/Functionality mismatch	2	3	6				2	2	4	2	3	6	2	4	8	1	3	3
Problems with software components		LCG			Funding			Apps			Fabric			Deploy.			GTA
R14	Inadequate or late 3rd party software	3	3	9				3	2	6	1	1	1	4	4	16	2	4	8
R15	3rd party software no longer available or not maintainable	2	2	4				3	2	6	1	1	1
R16	Software maintainability problems	2	3	6				1	2	2				2	4	8	2	3	6
R17	Licensing Limitiations	3	2	6				3	4	12
R18	Deployment/integration failure	1	2	2				1	3	3
Performance shortfalls		LCG			Funding			Apps			Fabric			Deploy.			GTA
R19	Reliability problems	3	3	9										3	3	9	3	4	12
R20	Scalability problems	3	3	9										4	3	12	3	4	12
R21	Grid Middleware/Infrastructure failure	3	3	9				3	3	9	3	4	12
Straining capabilities		LCG			Funding			Apps			Fabric			Deploy.			GTA
R22	Technology shifts	1	4	4				4	2	8	1	4	4
R23	Standards not established sufficiently quickly	3	1	3													3	3	9
R24	Competing developments creates confusion	3	1	3													3	3	9
R25	Security model inadequate to operate Grid	2	3	6										2	3	6	2	3	6
Grid Operations		LCG			Funding			Apps			Fabric			Deploy.			GTA
R26	Site/LCG Requirement Mismatch	2	4	8										2	4	8
R27	Sites do not deliver agreed services	2	2	4										2	2	4
R28	Site security requirements too restrictive	3	3	9										3	4	12
R29	Inadequate operational support	2	3	6										2	4	8
R30	Inadequate user support	2	3	6										2	4	8
CERN Tier0/Tier1		LCG			Funding			Apps			Fabric			Deploy.			GTA
R31	Inadequate power and hvac arrangements	3	3	9							3	4	12
R32	Purchasing delays	2	3	6							2	4	8
R33	Inadequate wide area networking	1	3	3							1	3	3
R34	Inadequate local area networking	2	3	6							2	3	6
R35	Storage technology limitations	2	3	6							2	4	8
Political		LCG			Funding			Apps			Fabric			Deploy.			GTA
R36	Failure of international cooperation	1	4	4										2	4	8	2	4	8
R37	Lack of cooperation between Tier centres	1	4	4										1	4	4
R38	Bad publicity	2	2	4
R39	Withdrawal of an experiment	1	4	4				2	3	6
R40	Non take up of project results	2	2	4				2	2	4				2	2	4
R41	Misunderstanding about project goals/intent	2	3	6										2	3	6