Few of the identified risk areas below:
1] Identity disclosure/Privacy issue - due to small project sample size
2] Participants may not fully understand the research context and the scope
3] Participants might be worried about the confidentiality of the data
4] Participants might be worried about the extent to which the data will be used for the research purpose
5] Participants might be worried about the ownership and the accountability of the data
6] Participants might worry if the generated data could be re-used for other research or purposes
To counter all the potential risk in the research project, the following risk management strategy is implemented:
1) A plain language statement will be issued to address the research scope, voluntary role of the participants, whom to contact for further information and will address all the five ethical issues a) consent b) privacy and confidentiality c) data ownership and authority d) data governance and custodianship and e) data sharing issue.
2) The written consent form will be made available to the participants if they agree to participate for the study. This written consent form will address and provide an option to the participants to opt out at any stage, will address the accountability, ownership, and reusability issue.
3) Opening statement before the workshop will explain the various themes and associated questions.
4) Utmost care will be undertaken by the research team to ensure that the identity of the participants is non-identifiable.
5) The data collected will be stored in a password protected file on two systems at the department of infrastructure engineering building and can only be accessed by the two members (Prof Colin Duffield and Mr. Ali Saeed) of the research team, who will also be accountable for the safety of the data. This data will be stored for a period of five years from the date of participation, before being destroyed.
6) Participants will be made clear in the written consent form that the generated data will be used for social PPP projects and will also be used in future by the same research team to conduct a qualitative comparative analysis from the data of other case studies to explore in depth, the similar concepts of value for money, benefits and user satisfaction. Participants will be re-approached to seek consent for future use of data.
7) The data will be made available to the participants to comment or request for deletion, revised transcribed data will also be provided to the participants to ensure correctness of information.
8) A de-briefing statement will be given by the research team once the workshop is over, which will explain why if any follow up/additional questions were asked during the workshop that were not present in the questionnaire.
9) A summary of the findings will be made available to the participants for comments before the findings are made public via industry final industry report and journal paper.