A Risk Assessment Checklist for Software Projects

I picked this up a while back and it’s been sitting in my notes ever since. It’s a risk assessment checklist for software projects — the kind of thing you’d run through before committing to a contract or kicking off a big engagement. The original is a ten-page Word document with checkboxes. I’ve reorganised it here so it’s easier to scan. The categories are roughly in order of how you’d work through them: start with requirements, move through design and implementation, then look at process, people, and external pressures. ...