Build your project risk register.

How to build your project risk register

1. 1

   Describe the job

   Keep project risks, response plans and review dates separate from actual issues.

2. 2

   Review the first version

   Choose how the risk owner records the risk and how the project reviewer reviews the next step.

3. 3

   Refine the views

   Ask First to adjust the fields and views for the people who will use the app.

4. 4

   Test before sharing

   Walk through the process with a sample record and check who owns the next action.

What to include in your project risk register

• Keep the risk in context

  Keep risk, cause, possible effect, owner, response, review date and issue reference together so the next person can understand the request or record.

• When the next step needs a decision

  A forecast delay may affect a roof delivery. Record a risk response before a delay occurs; if the delivery misses its date, link an actual issue without deleting the original risk assessment.

• Keep issue reference visible

  Link the actual delay to the original risk without erasing the earlier assessment.

• Choose what each person needs

  Give the risk owner a working view and the project reviewer a review view. Keep risk and cause attached to the decision as the work moves between them.