Project Risks

Goal: Identify the primary risks for this project. Some of these risks apply across multiple iterations and are therefore included as a separate Unified Process document. Risks can also be thought of as project uncertainties.
Risk 1: Component Variables:
- Will each component be able to add its own unique list of variables to the landscape?
- Successfully resolved in Iteration 1.
Risk 2: Plug&Play:
- Can dynamic libraries (aka Plug&Play) be implemented in C++? If so, how difficult?
- If C# is required, will the new C# generics (eg templates) interact well with the existing C++ generics?
- Will be addressed in Iteration 2.
Risk 3: User Interface and Model Interaction:
- Need to clarify the interactions between the core model and the user interface (both graphical and command-line). This will impact the model architecture.
- Need to complete Use Cases to resolve.
- Use Cases will be at least 50% complete for Iteration 2.
Risk 4: Learning Unified Process:
- We are still learning the Unified Process and adapting it to our needs. There may be some unnecssary efforts and some valuable pieces of the Unified Process may be missed.
- Will require us to continue up the learning curve.