11 risk mitigation

PostedApril 21, 2026

UpdatedApril 22, 2026

ByPeter Westerman

id: risk-mitigation

title: “Risk Assessment & Mitigation”

version: 1.0

last_updated: 2026-02-11

priority: P1

keywords: [“risk”, “mitigation”, “decision-gates”]

14) Risk Assessment

Risk	Probability	Impact	Mitigation
API rate limits hit	Medium	High	Cache aggressively, bundle fallback data
Frost date API discontinued	Low	Medium	Use NCEI CDO as backup, bundle zone averages
State-specific data gaps	High	Medium	Graceful fallback to zone-based generics
Performance degradation	Medium	Medium	Lazy load, indexed queries, purge old caches
User confusion (too many states)	Low	Low	Smart defaults from ZIP, hide complexity