E-Commerce Security: Advice from Experts (IT Solutions series)

Strategic Risk

• Market image impact of late/non delivery

scaled score

• Competitive impact of late/no delivery

scaled score

• Sales/revenue (ROO) impact of late/non delivery

scaled score

• Business value of project agreed to by stakeholders

yes/no

Requirements Risk

• Requirements clearly defined and agreed to

yes/no

• Project results traceable to requirements

yes/no

• Project requirements stable

yes/no

Technology Risk

• Maturity/availability of technology

scaled score

• Complexity of system integration

scaled score

• Compliance with industry standards

scaled score

• Compliance with organization's I/T architecture and standards

scaled score

• Difficulty of deployment

scaled score

• Difficulty of ongoing support

scaled score

• Performance implications on related applications

scaled score

• Security issues

yes/no

• Data integrity issues

yes/no

Vendor/Partner Risk

• Stability/reliability of vendor/partner

scaled score

• Duration of relationships

scaled score

Implementation Risk

• Track record on past projects

scaled score

• Benchmark of degree of difficulty

scaled score

• Life-cycle methodology in place

yes/no

• Change management review process in place and followed

yes/no

• Stakeholder commitment

yes/no

• Availability of skilled resources

scaled score

• Project control mechanism(s) in place

yes/no

• Project performance metrics in place

yes/no

• Impact on other I/T systems

yes/no

• Performance metrics in place/use

yes/no

Adoption Risk

• Organization's willingness to adopt

scaled score

• Customers' willingness to adopt

scaled score

• Effective communication process in place among stakeholders

yes/no

• Reviews with stakeholders are part of standard operating procedures

yes/no

Financial Risk

• Soundness of budget

scaled score

• Security of funding

scaled score

• Accurate/timely status reporting

yes/no

• Actuals to budget gap

percentage gap/scaled score