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Use the Add Risk page to specify information for a new risk you want to add to a project.

To add a risk:

  1. Type or select the following information:
  2. Select the project to associate with this risk - Click Assignto 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 in the Risk 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).
  3. Click Save.