Overview
Use the Response Plans detail window to add response plans and response plan action items to the risk.
Screen Elements
Active option
Indicates whether a response plan is currently active for the associated risk.
One response plan must always be active, and only one response plan can be active at a given time for a risk.
Name field
The unique identifying name of the risk response plan or response action item.
ID field
The unique identifier of the response plan or response action item.
Response Type list
The type of response actions implemented for threats or opportunities.
Threats
Accept: Accept the risk and take no action. Post-response impacts are set to the same values as pre-response no matter what the response type.
Avoid: Change the project so the risk is avoided. This will usually reduce the post-response plan probability to zero.
Reduce: Reduce the probability and/or impact of the risk.
Transfer: Transfer the risk to another party.
Opportunities
Enhance: Increase the probability and/or impact of the opportunity.
Exploit: Actively seek out the opportunity.
Facilitate: Help another party increase the likelihood of the opportunity occurring.
Reject: Reject the opportunity and take no actions.
Owner field
The name of the resource responsible for the response plan action item.
Status field
The status of the response action item.
The response action item usually goes through a process from being proposed to sanctioned, and then if it is not rejected it is planned into the project.
Statuses include:
Proposed: The default status. The action has been proposed.
Sanctioned: The action has been proposed and sanctioned.
Rejected: The action has been proposed and then rejected. This action is not used to drive the post-response position and its cost is not included in the Total Cost.
In-Progress: The response action item has started and there is some work still remaining.
Complete: The response action item has been completed.
Start field
The earliest start date of all response plan action items.
The project start date is the default start date for the response action item.
If an activity is assigned to the response action item, the field is set to display the start date of the activity.
Finish field
The latest finish date of all response action items.
The scheduled finish date for the project is the default finish date for a response action item. If the scheduled finish date is not set for the project, the project must finish by date is used. If that date is not set, then the project start date is used.
If an activity is assigned to the response action item, this field is set to display the finish date for the activity.
Probability field
The probability of the risk occurring after the response action item has been completed.
Schedule field
The schedule impact of the risk after the response action item has been completed.
Cost field
The monetary impact of the risk after the response action item has been completed.
Score field
The risk score after the response action item has been completed.
Getting Here
- Click Projects.
- On the Projects navigation bar, click Risks.
- On the Risks page, click the Response Plans detail window.