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Project Risks

Risk is a probability that an event or condition occurs, which can affect one of the project goals, end dates, cost or quality.

Only the users with the respective access permissions can manage risks. The permissions to view and manage project risks are assigned by the project administrator, manager or supervisor, by clicking Actions - Access Permissions on the page of the required project.

There are two ways to open the project risks page:

click Go To - Project Risks on the project page (fig. 1);

Fig. 1. Project page. Go To – Project Risks button
click the name of the Project Risks portlet (fig. 2).

Fig. 2. Project page. Project Risks portlet

Fig. 3 shows an example of the project risks page.

Fig. 3. Projects section. Project risks

When you click on a risk name, its editing page opens. The

button to the right of each risk is used for resolving risks.

Top menu buttons

	Return to the current project page.
	Add a new risk.

Adding a risk

To add a new risk, click Add Risk on the project risks page (fig. 3). On the opened page (fig. 4), fill in the required fields and click Save.

Fig. 4. Adding a risk

Subject * – name of the created risk. This field is required.

Importance * – importance of the risk (low, regular, high, critical). This field is required.

Description – description of the created risk.

Editing a risk

To edit a risk, click its name on the project risks page (fig. 3).

Fig. 5 Editing a risk

You can make the required changes on this page and click Save.

	Return to the current project page.
	Resolve this risk.

Resolving a risk

Resolving a risk means developing recommendations that facilitate minimizing of the risk influence on the project goals.

There are two ways to resolve a risk:

click on the project risks page (fig. 3) to the right of the required risk;
click Resolve Risk on the risk editing page (fig. 5).

In the opened dialog box (fig. 6), add a suggestion on the risk resolution and click Resolve.

Fig. 6. Resolving a risk

Resolved risks have black font on the risks page (fig. 7). These risks cannot be edited. Below the risk you can see the resolution date, time, user and the resolution text.

Fig. 7. Risks page. Resolved risk