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Comment on Risk Register Template by Brad Kuhn

Brad Kuhn — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 19:15:07 +0000

Jeff-

The PMBOK doesn’t specify templates, just the process that needs to be followed. In risk management, the PM should: 1) identify risks (see section 11.1 of the PMBOK), 2) quantify risk (section 11.2), and 3) develop risk responses (section 11.3). The template I developed can be used for all 3 steps – it was developed keeping the PMBOK process in mind. PMBOK specifies different techniques that can be used for each of the steps – based on what your organization uses, this template can assist, but you may also need to supplement it with other tools. For example, one technique for risk response is to obtain insurance – while you could use my template to note that the response to a specific risk is mitigated by insurance, you wouldn’t be able to use it to estimate the cost of the insurance.

Hope this helps!

Comment on Risk Register Template by Jeff D

Jeff D — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 22:04:40 +0000

Hi Brad,

I have been asked to create a risk register that must follow the requirements of the Fourth Edition of the PMBOK guide published by the Project Management Institute (ANSI / PMI Standard 99-001-2008). I don’t have access to the official publications, can you tell me how closely your template follows this source?

Thank you!

Comment on Risk Management Plan Template by Brad Kuhn

Brad Kuhn — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 14:29:36 +0000

I don’t have an extremely scientific answer for you, other than the fact that in the default matrix scoring I’ve setup for the template, probability has a bigger contribution to the matrix score than impact does. It doesn’t have to be this way – you can adjust these values (don’t forget to examine/update the threshold values as well). The risk register template demonstrates a quantitative ranking system, but the reality is that there aren’t any absolutes – a score of 0.10 for example doesn’t mean anything by itself – it has meaning when compared to other the scores of other risks. The whole idea is to have a system that allows you to rank risks and deal with risks with higher scores before focusing on risks with lower scores.

Thanks for the feedback!

Comment on Risk Management Plan Template by Susheel

Susheel — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 22:51:57 +0000

Dear Kuhn,
it was very nice risk register that have been developed. I don’t find the concrete reason for why you chose the value range from 0.10 to 0.90 for probability and 0.05 to 0.80 for impact. Can you make me clear please?

Comment on Risk Management Plan Template by Istvan

Istvan — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 16:22:06 +0000

Thank you

Comment on Test Case Planning and Execution Template by Brad Kuhn

Brad Kuhn — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 14:35:40 +0000

Tatyana-

Thanks for the feedback. I’ve had this on my to do list for quite awhile, but unfortunately haven’t had the time to do it

Comment on Test Case Planning and Execution Template by Brad Kuhn

Brad Kuhn — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 14:34:02 +0000

Vinzy-

The links are in the paragraph titled “Template Links”. The link for the Excel version is
http://www.carnegiequality.com/test/TestCasePlanningTemplateV1.0.xls

Comment on Test Case Planning and Execution Template by Vinzy

Vinzy — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 05:13:15 +0000

Hi, I cannot find a link to download the excel version. Please anyone help ?

Comment on Test Case Planning and Execution Template by Tatyana

Tatyana — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 18:40:20 +0000

Thank you! But you have wrote about macross for add rows and secound edition, can you post it? =)

Comment on Test Case Planning and Execution Template by Brad Kuhn

Brad Kuhn — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 14:09:17 +0000

Many thanks – appreciate the feedback.