Department of Defense Risk Management Guide for Defense Acquisition Programs 7th Edition (Interim Release) December 2014 Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Systems Engineering Washington, DC Department of Defense Risk Management Guide for Defense Acquisition Programs, 7th Edition (Interim Release) Citation: Department of Defense Risk Management Guide for Defense Acquisition Programs, 7th ed 2014 (Interim Release) Washington, DC: Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Systems Engineering Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Systems Engineering 3030 Defense Pentagon 3C167 Washington, DC 20301-3030 Email: osdatlasd-resemailmil Website: wwwacqosdmil/se Distribution Statement A: Approved for public release DoD Risk Management Guide for Defense Acquisition Programs, 7th Edition (Interim Release) iii Contents P REFACE 1 I NTRODUCTION 3 1 Purpose 3 11 Scope 4 12 Risk Management Overview 4 13 E STABLISHING AN E FFECTIVE R ISK M ANAGEMENT A PPROACH 6 2 Risk Management Planning 6 21 Aligning Government and Contractor Risk Management 7 22 Risk Management Plan 7 23 Selecting a Risk Management Tool 10 24 Risk Management Roles and Responsibilities 10 25 Executive Level 13 251 Management Level 13 252 Working Level 15 253 Government and Contractor Relationship 16 254 R ISK M ANAGEMENT P ROCESS 19 3 Risk Identification 19 31 Risk Analysis 24 32 Likelihood 25 321 Consequence 26 322 Risk Reporting Matrix 29 323 Risk Register 32 324 Risk Mitigation 33 33 Risk Acceptance 35 331 Risk Avoidance 35 332 Risk Transfer 36 333 Risk Control 36 334 Risk Burn-Down 36 335 Risk Monitoring 38 34 I NTEGRATING R ISK M ANAGEMENT WITH O THER P ROGRAM M ANAGEMENT T OOLS 41 4 Work Breakdown Structure 41 41 Integrated Master Plans and Integrated Master Schedules 42 42 IMS Health Assessment 43 421 Schedule Risk Assessment 45 422 Cost Risk Assessment Technique 46 423 Earned Value Management 47 43 I SSUE M ANAGEMENT P ROCESS 48 5