Patent ID: 7313531

Claim:
A method for assessing risk on a project associated with at least one change proposal directed toward the project, the project being developed by a service provider for a client, said method comprising: receiving, from the client by the service provider, the at least one change proposal directed toward the project during a life cycle of the project, the change proposal requesting at least one amendment to be performed to the project being developed by the service provider; identifying, based on the at least one amendment request, at least one artifact of the project to be potentially affected upon the change proposal being adopted; and generating at least one metric indicative of the potential effects on the project based on said identifying the at least one artifact, the at least one metric providing an objective risk assessment for the service provider to provide the client and for allowing the service provider and the client to assess both direct and indirect risk before the at least one change proposal is adopted and to objectively make an informed business decision as to whether or not to adopt the at least one change proposal.