Creating an action and a work item for a risk

When you create a risk action against a mitigation strategy or contingency plan, you can create a work item that is related to that risk action. For example, if you face the risk of attrition, you might create a risk action against attrition and then create a related work item, such as a work item to conduct interviews.

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 can list a risk action and work item, create a risk strategy.

About this task

To create a risk action and a work item for the action:

Procedure

  1. From the WBS tree, select the project. Risks created under the project are displayed in the top pane of the viewlet.
  2. Select a risk.
  3. In the Strategies section, select a strategy for which to create a risk action.
  4. In the Actions section, click the Add icon Add icon.
  5. Name the action item, enter the estimated cost and duration for the action item, and click Save.
  6. In the Actions column, hover the mouse pointer over the action and click the Create a work item for the action icon Create a work item for the action icon.
  7. Select the work item type.
  8. Click Save. A work item with a unique ID is generated for the risk action.
    Note: The work item is created by using the summary and duration that are defined in the risk action. After, the action summary is saved, it cannot be edited in the Risk Management viewlet. If you change the work item in another viewlet and save the changes, the changes are reflected in the Risk Management viewlet.

What to do next

To delete a risk action, in the Actions column, hover the mouse pointer over the action, click the Delete icon Delete icon, and click Save.
Note: You cannot delete risk actions that are associated with work items.

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