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Add, revise, or delete project risks

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If you have the required security privilege, you can add, revise, or delete project risks by using the Projects > Risks or Portfolios > Risks page.

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Accessing project risks

To access the Projects > Risks page

  1. Open the project or group of projects you want to work with in the Projects section.
  2. Click Project Risks on the Projects toolbar to display the Risks page.
  3. If multiple projects are open, choose the project you want to work with from the Select Project list.
Note: If a single project is open, the Select Project list does not appear. When multiple projects are open, the Select Project box lists all open projects you have rights to access. Any action you perform, and all data that appears on the page, applies to the selected project only.

To access the Portfolios > Risks page

  1. Open the project group you want to work with in the Portfolios section
  2. Click Portfolio Risks on the Portfolios toolbar to display the Risks page .

Add a Project risk

  1. Click Add Risk.
  2. On the Add Risk page, type or select the following information:
    Select the project to associate with this risk - click to choose a project. This field displays only when you are adding the risk from the Portfolios Risks page. In this case, the list of projects you can choose from includes only those projects in the currently selected project group for which you have the security privilege required to add risks.

    Risk Name - type a name that is unique within the project
    Responsible Manager - click to assign responsibility for the risk.

    Priority - choose a priority: 1 (highest) to 5 (lowest).
    Risk Type - type or click to assign the risk to a category. Risk type categories are useful for grouping and sorting risks to focus attention on particular areas you want to evaluate. Risk types are created in the Project Management module, typically by a project administrator.

    Status - choose a status: open or closed.

    Owner - click to specify the resource responsible for the risk. The list of available resources you can select from depends upon your resource access security privileges.

    Description - type a description of the risk
    You can format the text, copy and paste information from other document files while retaining formatting, and add hyperlinks (see Tips at right).
  1. Click Save.

Revise or delete a project risk:

To revise a project risk, click the risk name, revise risk details, then click Save.

To delete a project risk, click the risk name, then click Delete Project Risk on the Modify Project Risk page. Click OK to confirm the deletion.

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