D1.3. Risk Management Plan

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Deliverable Title D1.3. Risk Management Plan

Deliverable Lead: Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas

Related Work Package: WP1: Coordination & Management

Related Task(s): T1.3. Strategic and Scientific Management (including risk assessment)

Author(s): Pilar Raya (CSIC), Sandra Correas (INN), Diego Torricelli (CSIC)

Dissemination Level: Public

Due Submission Date: 31/03/2018

Actual Submission: 31/03/2018

Project Number 779963

Instrument: Research and Innovation Action

Start Date of Project: 01.01.2018

Duration: 48 months

Risk management plan identifying sources of risks and severity, likelihood of occurrence and controllability assessment, risk responses (strategy to reduce negative impact, mitigation and contingency plans Abstract as preliminary defined) and adjust the plan and managing events that may have a positive (opportunities) or negative (threats) effect on project’s development and sustainability. Released in M3, it will remain a living document during the whole project duration.

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation

program under grant agreement No 779963

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revision Internal Torricelli Diego 02/04/2018 v.03

updates and Review Correas Sandra 21/03/2018 v.02

version First Raya Pilar 19/03/2018 v.01

reason Modification by Modified Date Version

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Indicator Performance Key KPI

Project coordinator Project PC

Work Package Work WP

European Commission European EC

Description of Action of Description DoA

Meaning Abbreviation/Acronym

List of Abbreviations and Acronyms and Abbreviations of List

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...... Control and Monitoring Risk 3.4 8

...... planning Response 3.3 7 ......

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...... Identification Risk 3.1 6 ......

...... procedure management Risk 3 6

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plans to reduce the impact of risk occurring. Responses may include: strengthened supervision, supervision, strengthened include: may Responses occurring. risk of impact the reduce to plans

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budget must be reported to the corresponding WP Leader or to the Project Coordinator. In case of of case In Coordinator. Project the to or Leader WP corresponding the to reported be must budget

their successful completion. Any change in the time schedule of the deliverables or in the allocated allocated the in or deliverables the of schedule time the in change Any completion. successful their

Technical Coordinator any risky situation that may arise and may affect the project project the affect may and arise may that situation risky any Coordinator Technical objectives or or objectives

Each partner has the responsibility to report immediately to their respective WP leader and to the the to and leader WP respective their to immediately report to responsibility the has partner Each

Plan. Management Risk is th in included and updated continuously be

against milestones and KPIs and to apply Risk Management procedures. Both KPIs and Risk and KPIs Both procedures. Management Risk apply to and KPIs and milestones against will will s

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monitor technical and management risks as well as any other issues that might affect the project project the affect might that issues other any as well as risks management and technical monitor

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control. and monitoring risk with associated activities in Coordinator Project the Assisting

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. assigned steps response risk the Performing

. strategies response risk the developing in assisting and owners risk the identify to Helping

Identifying and describing any risk any describing and Identifying .

Work Package (WP) Leaders are responsible for the following tasks tasks following the for responsible are Leaders (WP) Package Work package(s): work their within

specifying the criteria used to assess the impact. the assess to used criteria the specifying

Assessing the impact of risks on project cost, time, scope, and quality objectives, and and objectives, quality and scope, time, cost, project on risks of impact the Assessing

. probability

Assessing the probability that a risk will occur and specif and occur will risk a that probability the Assessing ying the criteria used to assess the the assess to used criteria the ying

. project the to opportunities

Monitoring the assigned risks and informing the Project Coordinator of any threats or or threats any of Coordinator Project the informing and risks assigned the Monitoring

Developing and/or updating the risk response strategy response risk the updating and/or Developing .

responsibilities include: responsibilities Committee Steering

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research and innovation program under grant agreement No 779963 No agreement grant under program innovation and research

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with other European projects (e.g. SciRoc, ROSin, ROSin, SciRoc, (e.g. projects European other with

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collaboration with other EU other with collaboration Projects and Testing Testing and Projects - minimum thresholds, Evaluation Committees Committees Evaluation thresholds, minimum

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the other features. other the

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aligned. jointly are requirements

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evaluation targeted functionality. If a delay is observed observed is delay a If functionality. targeted

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external external progressively implemented to reach the the reach to implemented progressively

internal & & internal the core of the functionalities is is functionalities the of core the delivery.

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research and innovation program under grant agreement No 779963 No agreement grant under program innovation and research

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with other Euro other with doesn’t MAR created and discussed with the community. the with discussed and created in ERL) (e.g. entities nd a projects an pe

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replicated. not and

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