In the business world, one man's risk is another man's opportunity. So, too, risks that are insignificant for one type of business may be of major concern to another. The risks faced by an IT project are in themselves not unique. Any risk that can be postulated for an IT project can be identified in the risk environment of projects in other technical areas. What is different and generically characteristic of IT is its typical project risk profile. By their very nature, IT projects tend to exacerbate certain kinds of risk.