{
  "status": "Illustrative acceptance plan, not an executable test suite or observed production result",
  "topic": "SaaS build estimate risk register",
  "date": "2026-11-04",
  "sourceArticle": "https://aptixlabs.com/insights/software-estimation-risk-register",
  "setup": [
    "Use synthetic accounts and records",
    "Record the environment and implementation version",
    "Agree the expected product contract before testing"
  ],
  "reviewSequence": [
    "Attach assumptions and dependencies to work packages",
    "Use ranges tied to explicit scenarios",
    "Define how evidence changes the estimate"
  ],
  "cases": [
    {
      "id": "1",
      "condition": "Provider access is denied",
      "expectedBehavior": "The affected scope is identified",
      "observedBehavior": null,
      "status": "not_run"
    },
    {
      "id": "2",
      "condition": "A risk is resolved",
      "expectedBehavior": "The estimate is updated with the new evidence",
      "observedBehavior": null,
      "status": "not_run"
    },
    {
      "id": "3",
      "condition": "New requirements arrive",
      "expectedBehavior": "They are not silently absorbed into an unchanged promise",
      "observedBehavior": null,
      "status": "not_run"
    }
  ],
  "tradeoff": "Too many low-impact risks can obscure the few that matter. Prioritize uncertainties that change feasibility, cost, timing or operating responsibility."
}