What do you mean? By the definition of "risk" in the paper, seems like npm wouldn't be risky.

Questions asked to ascertain risk:

   10 hours are needed to make a module. 

   Making a module is not hobby programming. 

   Conditions  such  as  the  time  needed  to  learn  a  tool  are  the same for each tool. 

   The  tools  are  prediction  tools  such  as  a  static  code  analysis tool.