Tehnično tveganje je vse, kar bi lahko ogrozilo dostavo ali se zlomilo v produkciji, neznanke, krhke odvisnosti, omejitve skalabilnosti, posamezne točke odpovedi. Naloga TL-ja je zgodaj razkriti tveganje in ga premišljeno zmanjšati, ker je tveganje najceneje obravnavati preden se nanj graditi.
Kako upravljati tveganje
1. IDENTIFY — what could go wrong? (unknowns, deps, scale, security, people)
2. ASSESS — likelihood x impact. Focus on the high-high quadrant.
3. ATTACK the biggest unknowns FIRST — spike, prototype, load-test
4. MITIGATE — reduce likelihood or blast radius (redundancy, flags, fallbacks)
5. MONITOR — track known risks; have a plan if they materialize
