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I encountered a similar idea in a university project management course, which turned out to not be a completely waste of time, although I've forgotten most of the ideas. It was filled with useful ideas that I'd never encountered during my 10+ years on HN.

Let's compare the typical startup risk management strategy:

The project owner keeps all risks in their head, no formal tracking or acknowledging of risks. People mention risks and mostly go unheard; if the risk is low probability, it's excused, if a risk is high probability but low impact, it's excused. The project owner can't track too many things, so risks are dismissed rather than adding stress to the project owner who tracks it all in their head. If the project owner is feeling good and engaged, the project owner picks their favorite risk and then has a meeting and pressures people into dealing with it somehow. If the project owner is overwhelmed, just ignore the risks.