The Risk Register is the working record of identified risks, their status, responses and owners. It helps the team move beyond hand-wavy 'we should keep an eye on that' nonsense and into actual control.
When to use this template
- Track live risks during delivery
- Support formal risk reviews
- Feed reporting and board decisions
What it helps you capture
- Risk description and ID
- Probability, proximity and impact
- Response category and owner
- Next steps and status
Who usually owns it
- Risk Owners
- Project Manager
Practical use in an ICT project
Example: on a data migration, a risk about poor source data quality can be recorded with probability, impact, owner and mitigation before it turns into a full-bodied disaster.
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