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1.2.3 Develop Risk Management Plan

NPR 7120.5C, NASA Program and Project Management Processes and Requirements, explains:

Risk Management is "An organized, systematic decision making process that efficiently identifies, analyzes, plans, tracks, controls, communicates, and documents risk to increase the likelihood of achieving program/project goals." (Appendix M)

 

"The Project Manager and project team shall develop a Risk Management Plan, and incorporate it into the Project Plan, Part 3, Risk Management. Risk management should begin as early in formulation as possible." (Section 3.2.5.2.d)

NPD 8700.1C, NASA Policy for Safety and Mission Success, Section 5.e.4, states that PPMs are responsible for:

"Proposing, in coordination with the Center SMA Functional Managers, the adoption, utilization, and documentation of appropriate qualitative and quantitative risk management plans and techniques for programs and projects."

"Maximize the likelihood of mission success by using qualitative or quantitative risk assessment techniques to identify and understand the risks, take appropriate steps to control or mitigate the risks, and then accept only reasonable and appropriate levels of residual risk before proceeding with a mission."

• risk objectives and processes,
• organizational roles and responsibilities,
• descriptions of processes and methodologies,
• documentation standards for risks, and
• resources and schedules of RM activities.

As described in Section 3.2.5.2.d of NPR 7120.5C, NASA Program and Project Management Processes and Requirements:

"The Project Manager and project team shall develop a Risk Management Plan, and incorporate it into the Project Plan, Part 3, Risk Management. Risk management should begin as early in formulation as possible."

In addition, Templates for Program and Project Plans (Including Risk Management Plans) and listings of required contents are provided in NPR 7120.5C, NASA Program and Project Management Processes and Requirements, Appendices C and D .

1. Templates for Program and Project Plans (Including Risk Management Plans) and listings of required contents are provided in NPR 7120.5C, NASA Program and Project Management Processes and Requirements, Appendices C and D.
2. NPR 8705.4, Risk Classification for NASA Payloads, Risk Classification for NASA Payloads, establishes baseline criteria that enable a user to define the risk classification level for NASA payloads on human- or nonhuman-rated launch systems or carrier vehicles and the design and test philosophy and the common assurance practices applicable to each level.
3. Continuous Risk Management (CRM) resource from the NASA Goddard Software Assurance Technology Center (SATC).
4. Risk Management Overview (w/CRM) is provided here via the NASA Goddard Software Assurance Technology Center (SATC). (A template for a risk management plan is also provided.)
5. Section 6.3.1 (Preparing the Risk Management Plan) of NASA STD-8729.1 (Planning, Developing and Managing an Effective Reliability and Maintainability (R&M) Program) (available by searching at the NASA Technical Standards Program Web site).
6. Section 4.6 (Risk Management) of NASA Systems Engineering Handbook SP-610S.
7. Code Q, Office of Safety and Mission Assurance, Risk Management page contains several Risk Management related links, including NASA HQ "Risk as a Resource" presentation.
8. Chapter 4 (Risk Management and Program Management) and Section 5.9 (Software Risk Management Methodologies) of Defense Systems Management College (DSMC) Risk Management Guide for DoD Acquisition.
9. Chapter 15 (Risk Management) of Defense Systems Management College (DSMC) Systems Engineering Fundamentals text.
10. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) NASDOCS, Acquisition and Program Risk Management Guidance.

• Risk Management Plan - GRC Fluids and Combustion Facility, Risk Management Plan
• Risk Management Plan - Coarsening of Solid Liquid Mixtures (CSLM-2) Project, Risk Management
• Risk Management Plan - Ice, Clouds and Land Elevation Satellite (ICESat), Risk Management Plan
• Risk Management Plan - Mars Exploration Rover (MER), Risk Management Plan
• Risk Management Plan - Space Flight Operations Contract (SFOC), Risk Management Plan
• Risk Management Plan - International Space Station (ISS), Configuration Management Requirements
• Risk Management Plan - Intelligent Synthesis Environment (ISE) Initiative, Continuous Risk Management Plan
• Risk Management Plan - Environmental Control & Life Support System Group, Risk Management Plan
• Risk Management Plan - Solar-B Program, Risk Management Plan
• Risk Management Plan - Dynamically Controlled Protein Crystal Growth (DCPCG) Investigation, Risk Management Plan
• Risk Management Plan - Pressurized Payloads Team, Risk Management Plan
• Continuous Risk Management Plan - James Webb Space Telescope Project, Continuous Risk Management Plan
• Continuous Risk Management Plan - Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations (CALIPSO), Software Quality Assurance Management Plan (Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations)
• Continuous Risk Management Plan - Geostationary Imaging Fourier Transform Spectrometer (GIFTS) - Indian Ocean METOC Imager (IOMI), Continuous Risk Management Plan

PBMA Video Nuggets on This Subject:

*  Useful information and assistance before you view movies

	Risk Management and the Presence of Risks at Interfaces Video :: Transcript
	Sally Richardson X-34, Deputy Program Director, Orbital Sciences Corporation
Video Running Time -- 1:01

	Risk as a Resource Video :: Transcript
	Michael Greenfield Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety and Mission Assurance
Video Running Time -- 0:20

	Early Operations Planning Helps Minimize Risks Video :: Transcript
	William Worrall Former Project Manager, Space Science Mission Operations (GSFC)
Video Running Time -- 0:54

	Local Versus Integrated Risk Management Video :: Transcript
	Tommy Holloway Director, International Space Station Program (JSC)
Video Running Time -- 2:17

	Good Risk Management Requires Good Planning Video :: Transcript
	Jim Barrowman Former Explorers Program Manager and Former Deputy Director of Space Sciences (GSFC)
Video Running Time -- 0:55

	Risk Management is the Fourth Element of Project Management Video :: Transcript
	Art Stephenson Director, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
Video Running Time -- 2:09

	The Importance of Risk Planning Video :: Transcript
	Laura Rine Aerospace Engineer, Office of Safety and Mission Assurance (LaRC)
Video Running Time -- 0:44

last modifed: May 25 2006 1:44PM

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