Chapter 6 of 8 · 3 practices · 3 min · 3-question quiz
Risks, ethics and data
Every project has risks. Naming them with a plan shows maturity, and handling user data responsibly is part of doing the work properly.
Start: List the top risks with a likelihood, an impact and a plan3 practices in this chapter
- 1List the top risks with a likelihood, an impact and a planA short risk table is one of the easiest ways to impress a committee, because most proposals skip it. Five to eight risks is enough. Review the table at each supervisor meeting and update it. A risk…
- 2Plan consent and privacy for any real user dataIf your project collects data from people, such as patients, students, customers or survey respondents, the proposal should say how you will handle it. The ACM Code of Ethics asks computing…
- 3Keep a smaller plan B that still makes a complete projectFor the single riskiest part of your project, write down a smaller version that would still give you a complete, defensible project if the ambitious version fails.
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