Working with draft risks

Use the Draft risks to be activated page to add and review risks before assessment. You can assign risk owners, edit draft risk details, and activate risks. This helps ensure that only complete and validated risks move forward in the risk management process.

Activating draft risk

The Draft risks to be activated table displays all risks that have been created, but not yet assessed. Each entry includes the risk name, category, description, creation date, current status (always Draft, until it's activated), and assigned risk owner.

You can use search, filters, or column controls to sort and manage the list.

To activate a risk from the Draft risks to be activated table:

Find the risk from the list.
Assign a Risk owner using the dropdown, if one is not selected.
Select Activate in the same row.

The activated risk will appear in Risk assessment.

Editing draft risk

You can update risk details before activating the risk for assessment.

Go to Risk identification.
In the Draft risks to be activated list, select the risk name to open it.
You could also select the More options icon (⋮) next to the risk and choose Edit.
Update the fields:
- Risk name (mandatory)
- Category
- Description
- Risk owner (mandatory)
Select Save.
The risk remains in draft status until you activate it.

Assigning a risk owner

Assign an owner to ensure accountability before activating a risk.

To assign a risk owner:

Go to Risk identification.
Under Draft risks to be activated, locate the draft you want to update.
In the Risk owner column, select Add owner.
From the dropdown, select a user from the available list.
The initials of the user is displayed next to the risk.

Note

You can change the risk owner anytime before activating.

Mitigating a draft risk

You can mitigate a risk directly from the draft risk list without activating it first. Use this option to document mitigation plans early in the risk management workflow.

To mitigate a draft risk:

Go to Risk identification from the main navigation menu.
In the Draft risks to be activated list, locate the risk to mitigate.
Select the More options icon next to the risk.
In the dropdown, select Mitigate.
The Add mitigation plan panel opens.
In the Add mitigation plan panel, review the related risk name and owner.
Under Plan description, write your mitigation strategy.
Select Add mitigation plan to save it.

Deleting a draft risk

Delete risks that are no longer needed or were created by mistake. This action is permanent and cannot be undone.

To delete a draft risk:

Go to Risk identification.
Under Draft risks to be activated, find the risk you want to delete.
Select the More actions menu (⋮) next to the risk.
Select Delete.
Select Delete in the confirmation dialog to remove the risk permanently.