Risk assessment (Section 4.4) - What are the risks and the underlying assumptions?

identify the risks inherent in each of the options

identify the impact of these risks occurring

For each of the risks document determine:

the probability of the risk occurring

what are the risk management strategies to address the risks

whether additional costs will be incurred

whether additional costs should be incorporated into the analysis and

the need (if any) for any contingencies.

In addition:

list critical assumptions including revenue drivers, capital and operating costs, social and environmental factors, financing constraints, availability of resources and expertise

state known or emerging constraints directly impacting on the proposed initiative

identify any relevant regulatory, legislative, policy issues and relevant Acts which may impinge in the proposal need to be identified including information on where this may be a constraint

identify any key dependencies that affect the performance of the options