Risk Analysis helps keep track of skill and knowledge-related risks that may affect your current or upcoming projects.
By analyzing your team’s skill sets against any given set of tasks: projects, sprints, or quarterly plans, Risk Analysis will reveal skill gaps and experts with unique knowledge, allowing you to mitigate early with measures like training, knowledge transfer, documentation or hiring.
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Real life assignments rarely require just one skill. While individual skills might be common in your team, their combinations might be rare, causing project delays or worse a risk of knowledge loss:
Issues at risk
Knowing which of the tasks are at risk can help you estimate the severity of the risk and make informed decisions: decreased quality or delays caused by a skill gap may be fine in some cases and unacceptable in others.
Critical experts
Having a team that can ensure the success of the project is great! Risking this success due to loss of a critical member - not so much. Knowing who exactly is important in ensuring success and why can help you mitigate risks early:
Configuration
Instructions for configuring Analytics can be found in Configuring Analytics