Editing Final Report 2012 (section)

===Risk Management===
[[Image:RiskManagementTable.png|thumb|500px|right|Potential Risks to the Project.]]

At the beginning of the project a risk management plan was created, outlining the potential risks and hazards faced by the project.
The majority of these risks were avoided, and the mitigation techniques were successful in avoiding any of them causing major issues within the project.  The effect of sickness and lack of communication was not a problem during the course of the project.  However there were a number of occasions when the supervisors were unavailable, but the effect of this was minimised through the use of email. By using SVN as an online backup, it allowed for everyone within the group access to the latest version of data and documentation.
The two main issues which arose from the project where the schedule and budget, however the effects were still minimised through the mitigation. Due to issues surrounding the David Laserscanner, the schedule was required to be modified and updated to meet the new deadlines. The other issue of budget wasn’t a problem, as Prof. Derek Abbott approved all purchases and allowed for the requirement to be met.