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Risk Analysis (Quality)

Status: Draft v0.1
Owner: BionicLoop engineering
Scope: BionicLoop investigational closed-loop app (Dexcom G7 + OmniPod DASH + Algo2015)

Method

Each hazard is tracked with:

  • RA-ID
  • hazard statement
  • initial severity/probability
  • controls
  • linked requirements (SRS-*)
  • linked verification (TV-* / manual protocol IDs)
  • residual-risk note

Severity and probability are currently qualitative (Low, Medium, High) and can be replaced with numeric scoring later.

Risk Register

RA-ID Hazard Initial Risk Key Controls SRS Links Verification Links Residual Risk
RA-001 Loop step not executed on expected cadence due to iOS wake variability High CGM-triggered doWork, cadence anchor, skip logic, stale-state visibility SRS-RUN-001, SRS-UI-001 TV-RUN-001, TV-RUN-002 Medium
RA-002 Invalid CGM values used as real glucose input High Out-of-range sanitize to unavailable (-1), step-0 gate SRS-CGM-001, SRS-CGM-002 TV-CGM-001, TV-CGM-002 Medium
RA-003 Pump unavailable causes incorrect delivery behavior High Degraded algorithm input with unavailable pump fields, command block on unavailable pump SRS-PUMP-001 TV-PUMP-001, TV-PUMP-002 Medium
RA-004 Meal announce accepted while pump not safe/ready High Meal announce pump-ready gating, borrow-window enforcement SRS-MEAL-001, SRS-MEAL-002 TV-MEAL-001, TV-MEAL-002 Medium
RA-005 Dose quantization mismatch with DASH minimum deliverable dose Medium Algorithm constants + command quantization validation + telemetry reconciliation SRS-PUMP-003, SRS-LOG-001 TV-PUMP-003, TV-LOG-001 Low/Medium
RA-006 App relaunch/reset causes state mismatch and unsafe cadence High Persisted runtime/algorithm state, explicit full reset semantics SRS-STATE-001, SRS-STATE-002 TV-STATE-001, TV-STATE-002 Medium
RA-007 Home pod status stale despite reconnect Medium Connection-driven refresh path, observer wiring SRS-PUMP-004 TV-PUMP-004 Low
RA-008 Missing auditability of algorithm inputs/outputs/commands High Per-step telemetry capture and traceability mapping SRS-LOG-001, SRS-LOG-002 TV-LOG-001, TV-LOG-002 Medium
RA-009 Sensitive telemetry exposed or leaked High Controlled export path, cloud-security plan, least-privilege storage SRS-SEC-001, SRS-SEC-002 TV-SEC-001, TV-SEC-002 Medium
RA-010 User workflow errors (profile, meal UI, status interpretation) Medium Explicit UI states, unavailable reasons, SOP-driven usability checks SRS-UI-001, SRS-UI-002, SRS-VAL-001 TV-UI-001, TV-UI-002 Medium
RA-011 Critical device/runtime alerts are missed, delayed, or masked by lower-severity messages High Multi-source alert normalization, severity precedence, debounce/coalescing rules, explicit ack/clear policy, protocol-aligned wording SRS-ALERT-001, SRS-ALERT-002, SRS-ALERT-003, SRS-ALERT-004, SRS-ALERT-005, SRS-ALERT-006 TV-ALERT-001, TV-ALERT-002, TV-ALERT-003, TV-ALERT-004, TV-ALERT-005 Medium

Open Items

  • Replace qualitative risk levels with agreed scoring matrix.
  • Add explicit residual-risk acceptance criteria and sign-off roles.
  • Add cybersecurity threat model outputs as linked hazards (RA-SEC-*) once finalized.