Risk Identification and Documentation

Start with an example

Begin with the Identify Risks mind map for examples involving equipment. Its branches include a camera failing to record and cables that could snap or cause a health and safety issue. Use these examples to practice describing a risk clearly before moving on to the maps about risk registers.

As you read, compare the examples with the information shown in the register maps. Notice how a specific risk can sit alongside other details, such as its category and possible response.

Follow the risk register

The detailed risk register map includes categories such as changes in the market and methodology. It also shows probability and impact, including a matrix, and an example involving an unavailable truck rental. Follow these branches to see the kinds of information presented together.

Another map describes the risk register as a place where information is added and edited as risk processes move forward. Read it alongside the detailed register map, looking for the information each one emphasizes.

Connect identification and planning

The identification maps show inputs including the risk management plan, cost and schedule management plans, and the scope baseline. One also lists brainstorming and interviews. Trace these branches, then return to the register maps to connect the identification material with the documentation material.

These resources form one section of Project Risk Management, in Business administration and management (incl. project management). The maps give you a way to explore identification and documentation within that unit without leaving the page.

Check your understanding

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Choose a map and use its branches to build a short set of study questions.