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How do I develop an easy Risk Burndown chart for an Agile Project

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Quinette Docherty Honiton, Gauteng, United Kingdom
I understand the RAID well, however finding there is a requirement when you run Agile Projects to have effective Risk Burndown Charts. Has anyone in the community produce these and could I please be directed/pointed to some effective examples
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Sergio Luis Conte Helping to create solutions for everyone| Worldwide based Organizations Buenos Aires, Argentina
Perhaps I did not understand your question but here comes my answer. First, Agile project does not exists then I understand that you are running a project using and Agile based method/frameword. I am saying that because some of the artifact you can select to create depends on the method/framework. For example, if you are using Scrum framework all the artifacts depends on you. Second, all related to risk no matter the approach you use (Lean, Agile, etc) are the same into each approach. My recommendation is taking a look to IEEE standards on risk because it will help you to use things related to risk which are totally independent of the approach, the method/framework, the process you choose. About your question take a look to Mike Cohn´s website where you can find interesting things related to it which no matter are mainly related to software works for other domains.
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1 reply by Quinette Docherty
Jan 13, 2021 3:35 PM
Quinette Docherty
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Thank you Sergio. Regards Quinette
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Kiron Bondale Retired | Mentor| Retired Welland, Ontario, Canada
Quinette -

A risk burndown chart can be created by either showing a simple absolute number of negative risks on the Y-axis with time on the X-axis and showing reduction or increase in risks as they are closed, or more elaborately using expected monetary value to calculate the cost or time impacts of negative risks and showing reduction or increase in that aggregated cost or time.

Here are links to two flavors of these:

1. https://www.mountaingoatsoftware.com/blog/...-burndown-chart

2. https://www.projectmanagement.com/wikis/29...Burndown-Charts

Kiron
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1 reply by Quinette Docherty
Jan 13, 2021 3:34 PM
Quinette Docherty
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Thank you Kiron, Regards Quinette
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Quinette Docherty Honiton, Gauteng, United Kingdom
Jan 12, 2021 3:12 PM
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Quinette -

A risk burndown chart can be created by either showing a simple absolute number of negative risks on the Y-axis with time on the X-axis and showing reduction or increase in risks as they are closed, or more elaborately using expected monetary value to calculate the cost or time impacts of negative risks and showing reduction or increase in that aggregated cost or time.

Here are links to two flavors of these:

1. https://www.mountaingoatsoftware.com/blog/...-burndown-chart

2. https://www.projectmanagement.com/wikis/29...Burndown-Charts

Kiron
Thank you Kiron, Regards Quinette
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Quinette Docherty Honiton, Gauteng, United Kingdom
Jan 12, 2021 2:43 PM
Replying to Sergio Luis Conte
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Perhaps I did not understand your question but here comes my answer. First, Agile project does not exists then I understand that you are running a project using and Agile based method/frameword. I am saying that because some of the artifact you can select to create depends on the method/framework. For example, if you are using Scrum framework all the artifacts depends on you. Second, all related to risk no matter the approach you use (Lean, Agile, etc) are the same into each approach. My recommendation is taking a look to IEEE standards on risk because it will help you to use things related to risk which are totally independent of the approach, the method/framework, the process you choose. About your question take a look to Mike Cohn´s website where you can find interesting things related to it which no matter are mainly related to software works for other domains.
Thank you Sergio. Regards Quinette
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Aaron Porter
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IT Director| Blade HQ Payson, UT, United States
I understand the concept, but where is the requirement coming from? I'm assuming it's a subset of the overall risk list, unless ALL of the risks need to be addressed. But, who is addressing them? Is it a separate backlog? I'm trying to understand the scenario where actions needed to address the risks don't become user stories that are prioritized in the product backlog and addressed during a sprint. If they're treated the same as every other story, why is a separate burndown needed? If they're not the same, who is handling them?
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Kiron Bondale Retired | Mentor| Retired Welland, Ontario, Canada
Aaron -

An RBS is useful for your stakeholders to understand how effective the team has been at early de-risking of a project. Risks wouldn't normally be in a backlog or in a work burndown chart but specific active responses to them might be. The RBS would look at all key negative risks, not just those which we had actively responded to.

Kiron
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2 replies by Aaron Porter and Daniel King
Jan 14, 2021 8:15 PM
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Thanks. No questions about the RBS. I just haven't had a requirement to incorporate risks into other agile processes. 18 years of waterfall and hybrid approaches. The people I report on risks to don't want burn downs.
Jan 21, 2021 3:45 PM
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Thanks Kiron, that's was very useful. I was looking for some inspiration on alternative ways to visualize risks for different Agile Release Trains (ARTs) that my hybrid project has dependencies on. e.g., Risk Exposure (Days) vs. iterations
Regards, Daniel
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Aaron Porter
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IT Director| Blade HQ Payson, UT, United States
Jan 14, 2021 5:00 PM
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Aaron -

An RBS is useful for your stakeholders to understand how effective the team has been at early de-risking of a project. Risks wouldn't normally be in a backlog or in a work burndown chart but specific active responses to them might be. The RBS would look at all key negative risks, not just those which we had actively responded to.

Kiron
Thanks. No questions about the RBS. I just haven't had a requirement to incorporate risks into other agile processes. 18 years of waterfall and hybrid approaches. The people I report on risks to don't want burn downs.
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Daniel King Senior Project/Solution Manager| Norlys København, Denmark
Jan 14, 2021 5:00 PM
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Aaron -

An RBS is useful for your stakeholders to understand how effective the team has been at early de-risking of a project. Risks wouldn't normally be in a backlog or in a work burndown chart but specific active responses to them might be. The RBS would look at all key negative risks, not just those which we had actively responded to.

Kiron
Thanks Kiron, that's was very useful. I was looking for some inspiration on alternative ways to visualize risks for different Agile Release Trains (ARTs) that my hybrid project has dependencies on. e.g., Risk Exposure (Days) vs. iterations
Regards, Daniel
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Mike Griffiths President| Leading Answers Canmore, Alberta, Canada
@Quinette here are some related ideas https://www.leadinganswers.com/2021/01/cre...ed-backlog.html
Regards
Mike
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1 reply by Quinette Docherty
Jan 22, 2021 4:51 AM
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Thanks Mike this is exactly what I was after. Regards Quinette
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Quinette Docherty Honiton, Gauteng, United Kingdom
Jan 21, 2021 5:13 PM
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@Quinette here are some related ideas https://www.leadinganswers.com/2021/01/cre...ed-backlog.html
Regards
Mike
Thanks Mike this is exactly what I was after. Regards Quinette

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