Section 5

Risks & Blindspots

Where the ecosystem is most fragile — and who owns the fix.

High Severity4 risks

Duplicate nominee records

PPhilIn Progress

Mitigation: Dedupe in Airtable before AC contact creation; increment nomination count.

AC contact-limit burn

PPhilIn Progress

Mitigation: Strict pre-AC dedupe and routing rules.

Finalist fraud / manipulation

ITInternal TeamNot Started

Mitigation: Manual QA layer before activation.

Poor UX reducing submission rates

WWeb DeveloperNot Started

Mitigation: Mobile-first, Google business autocomplete, minimal fields.

Medium Severity6 risks

Poor categorisation

WWeb DeveloperNot Started

Mitigation: Structured dropdowns, area/category required.

Disconnected systems

PPhilIn Progress

Mitigation: Airtable as central control layer.

Manual operational overload

ITInternal TeamNot Started

Mitigation: Bulk tagging, clear runbooks per phase.

Missing integrations

PPhilNot Started

Mitigation: Document every webhook + test in QA phase.

Webhook reliability

PPhilNot Started

Mitigation: Retry logic + Airtable as source of truth.

Unclear ownership

ITInternal TeamComplete

Mitigation: Responsibility matrix + this dashboard.

Low Severity2 risks

Lack of reporting visibility

ITInternal TeamFuture Phase

Mitigation: Phase 2 reporting layer (future scope).

Ongoing maintenance needs

ITInternal TeamFuture Phase

Mitigation: Separate ongoing retainer scope.