Project Risks

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Introduction Add and manage project risks

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Add a new risk

Use the + icon to add a new risk to the project

• Name: Provide a name for the risk
• Description: Provide a description of the risk
• Weighting: Assign the risk a weighting, this will allow you to calculate the overall risk for the project based on the number of risks and their weightings
• Status: Assign the risk a status to reflect it's current state.

Manage risks

Open an existing risk by clicking on the risk from the risk list view

• Weighting: Increase or decrease the risk weighting if required
• Status: Alter the status of the risk to indicate if it is still valid, or has been mitigated etc
• Activity Stream: Collaborate and discuss the risk by posting and comment on the risk activity stream

• + Follow: Choose the Follow option to receive updates to the risks activity stream on your News Feed

• Remove: Delete a risk from the project using the Trash Can icon

List View

View project risks, by their name, status, weighting and who created them

• Click on a risk to edit it's properties

Search the project risks from the Search field

• The search will look for a match with the risk name

Filter the project risks using the Filter by Status option

• Show project risks by the selected risk status

Chart View

View the project risks in chart form, with each risk represented on the chart by it's weighting

• Biggest Project Risk: The risk with the biggest weighting will be displayed
• Overall Project Risk: This will represent the % project risk, calculated from the total number of risks and their weightings

Administration

Adding, removing and editing risks is audited, and available to review in the audit history tab

• Manage your project risk statuses from the Project Risk Status simple list in the administration console