This Risk Register Software Development document shows the complete risk register maintained by Eduardo Montes throughout the 28-sprint ProjectAdm SaaS platform development — tracking all identified risks from initial assessment through materialization, response, and closure. This Excel register is the operational output of the Risk Management Plan and the primary input to the Risk Reports presented at each milestone gate.

What Is a Risk Register?

A Risk Register is a PMBOK 8 output in the Uncertainty Performance Domain that serves as the repository for all information about identified risks. For each risk, it records the risk ID, description, category (from the RBS), date identified, probability, impact, risk score, risk owner, response strategy, planned response actions, response status, residual risk, and final closure status. The risk register is a living document, updated throughout the project as new risks are identified, existing risks are re-assessed, and responses are implemented. It is the primary tool for maintaining risk transparency with stakeholders and ensuring that risk ownership and response accountability are clearly assigned.

What This Risk Register Software Development Includes

The ProjectAdm Risk Register tracks all 6 materialized risks plus 8 identified risks that were monitored and closed without materializing:

• ISS-001 — AI API Rate Limits (Materialized, Sprint 18) — Category: Technical/External; Initial score: Medium (probability 40%, impact Medium = 8); Re-scored Sprint 18: Red (probability 75%, impact Medium = 15); Response: Mitigate — request queuing + exponential backoff; Owner: Henry Douglas; Closed: Sprint 20; Residual: monthly cost cap ($800) monitoring
• ISS-002 — MariaDB Performance (Materialized, Sprint 13) — Category: Technical; Initial score: Medium (probability 40%, impact High = 12); Re-scored Sprint 13: Red (probability 60%, impact High = 18); Response: Mitigate — query optimization, indexed views; Owner: Marcus Webb; Closed: Sprint 20 (p95 280ms, PASS); Lessons learned entry added
• ISS-003 — Safari Drag-Drop (Materialized, Sprint 8) — Category: Technical; Initial score: Low (probability 25%, impact Medium = 5); Re-scored Sprint 8: High (probability 90%, impact High = 18); Response: Mitigate — custom touch/mouse events for Safari; Owner: Julia Chen; Closed: Sprint 9; 80 hours consumed from frontend estimate buffer
• ISS-004 — Stripe Webhooks (Materialized, Sprint 7) — Category: Technical/External; Initial score: Medium (8); Response: Mitigate — idempotency keys, retry logic, DoD update; Owner: Henry Douglas; Closed: Sprint 16 (45-day monitoring clean)
• ISS-005 — Spanish Translation (Materialized, Sprint 22) — Category: External; Initial score: Low (4); Response: Accept + Mitigate — native translator engaged; Owner: Eduardo Montes; Closed: March 15, 2026 (post-launch); No impact on go-live
• ISS-006 — PHPUnit Runtime (Monitored) — Category: Technical; Score: Low (4); Status: Monitoring (8.4 min at M5, threshold 10 min); Response: Accept with monitoring; Owner: Lucas Park; Deferred to post-launch optimization
• RISK-007 through RISK-014 (Monitored, Not Materialized) — Team member departure (Low, never triggered); AWS pricing increase (Low, actual +3.2%); New LGPD regulations (Low, no changes in 2025); Competitor feature parity (Low, monitored); PHP 8.2 breaking changes (Low, no breaking changes); Stripe API deprecation (Low, no deprecations); CodeIgniter 4 breaking changes (Low, patch 4.4.5 backward compatible); PayPal API changes (Low, no changes); All closed GREEN at M5
• Risk Register Summary — Total risks identified: 14; Materialized: 6; Closed before go-live: 5; Open at go-live: 1 (ISS-006, low); Risks never materialized: 8; Contingency consumed by risks: $0 (all mitigated within sprint capacity); Overall risk management effectiveness: 5/6 materialized risks resolved on or ahead of schedule

How Eduardo Montes Used This Risk Register Software Development

Eduardo Montes reviewed the Risk Register Software Development with the team at every sprint review, spending approximately 10 minutes updating probability scores and response status. The 10-minute cadence was sufficient because the register was always current — there were no "surprise" re-scorings because the team had been monitoring leading indicators all sprint. When ISS-002 materialized, the register already had it at Medium (score 12), making the escalation to Red (score 18) a natural progression rather than a shocking revelation.

How to Use This Risk Register Software Development Document

Use this example to understand how a Risk Register Software Development should be maintained as a living intelligence tool rather than a static planning artifact. The ProjectAdm register's value came from consistent biweekly updates — not from the initial risk identification session alone.

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Format: Microsoft Excel (.xlsx) | Project: Software Development (SaaS Platform) | PMBOK Edition: 8th (2025) | Domain: Uncertainty