School of Computing, Faculty of Engineering

After School Computing Club: Risk Management Register

Actual Risk	Type of Risk	Effect	Severity	Likelihood	Action to be Taken to Aviod Risk	Person Responsible for Actions
The ICT teachers may choose to withdraw their institutions from the project.	Hazard	If one institution withdraws a substitute would be required to take part in the project. If both institutions withdraw, the project would have to be postponed.	High	Low	Close involvement of ICT teachers from each institution during planning and set-up stage of the project to ensure their buy-in to the project.	JB/MAC
The programme of activities will not be completed in time for the pilot sessions in Sept 05.	Operational	The start of the project would be delayed until the programme is activity is completed.	High	Low	Clear deadlines given to programme writers. Payments will be made only on completion of programme.	JB/MAC
There may be insufficient interest amongst pupils to establish the after-school clubs in one or both locations.	Operational	The start of the project would be delayed until sufficient numbers of pupils were recruited.	Medium	Low	Active promotion of clubs to pupils.	ICT Teachers
There may not be enough volunteer mentors to support the clubs.	Operational	ICT Teachers would be unable to run the clubs unsupported therefore the project would have to terminate.	High	Low	Active promotion of clubs to undergraduates. SoC staff to support clubs at the outset.	JB/MAC
Schools may be unable to accommodate the required number of after-school club sessions to complete the project in the proposed time frame.	Operational	The start of the project would be delayed and its proposed time frame extended to enable schools to run all 8 sessions.	Low	Medium	Close involvement of ICT teachers from each institution during planning stage of the project to ensure a workable timeframe.	JB/MAC
The necessary hardware and/or software may not be available in the two educational institutions.	Operational	Where possible, the order of activities would be changed to accommodate hardware/software availability. If the problem persisted, the project would have to be postponed.	Medium	Medium	Close involvement of ICT teachers from each institution during planning stage of the project to identify these problems. SoC to provide necessary software and laptops as required.	JB/MAC
Pupils withdraw from clubs part-way through.	Operational	The project would have to terminate early due to insufficient interest.	High	Low	Ensure that the topics are of sufficient interest to the pupils through the close involvement of ICT Teachers in determining the content of the programme.	JB/MAC