When you plan a project, you identify potential risks,
such as personnel, legal, and, cost. You can add risks both before
the project starts and during the project. You might anticipate and
resolve risks proactively or resolve them as they surface.
Before you begin
Use the Risk Management viewlet
to perform this task. In the navigation bar, click Work,
and click the Risk tab.
Before
you add a project risk, make sure that the risk categories are created
in the Administration view. For more information about risk categories,
see Creating a risk category.
About this task
To add a risk:
Procedure
- From the WBS tree, select a project.
- In the Risk Management viewlet, click the Add icon
.
- Double-click each field and enter the following information:
- Optional: In the Details section, from the
corresponding lists, you can select the state, the percentages of
impact and probability, the level of precision, and the priority of
the risk. You can also select the impact and probability
of a risk by double-clicking a cell in the Risk Matrix.
- Optional: In the Description section, describe
the risk.
- Click Save.
What to do next
You can add or update attributes or strategies, such as
contingency plans, to mitigate risks. For more information about adding
strategies, see Adding strategies
to a project risk.