Risk Assessment

Risk assessment turns vague worry into prioritized actions: what can go wrong, how bad, what we do now, and who owns follow-up.

When to Offer This Workflow

Trigger conditions:

• Major launch, migration, or new vendor
• Steering or audit requests a risk matrix
• Post–near-miss prevention work

Initial offer:

Use six stages: (1) scope & stakeholders, (2) identify risks, (3) analyze likelihood & impact, (4) plan mitigations, (5) owners & deadlines, (6) review & tracking). Confirm scoring approach (simple matrix vs quantitative).

Stage 1: Scope & Stakeholders