Risk Assessment

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The Risk Assessment allows you to adjust various settings used within the Risk Assessment object. It comprises a range of tabs which can be utilised to define variables and criteria for the risk assessment process.

 

STEP 1: Go to 'Framework> Project Settings> 'Risk Assessment'.

Risk Criteria

The risk criteria screen can be utilised to input the various criteria and ratings used in the risk assessment process.

STEP 2: To create risk criteria, specify the following details:

Field

Description/Instruction

Mandatory/Optional

Risk Criteria Name

Name of the Risk Criteria

Mandatory

Formula Code

Formula Code, which will be used in the Risk Rating Formula

Mandatory

Risk Criteria Description

Description of the Risk Criteria

Mandatory

Visibility

Indicates the visibility of the Risk Criteria in the Initial and/or Revised and/or Future Risk Assessments

Mandatory

Sort

Indicates the positioning of the Risk Criteria Fields in the Initial, Revised and Future Assessments Screens. The system will not allow adding the same 'Sort' value twice

Mandatory

 

STEP 3: Click 'Add' to save the details. Similarly, use 'Edit' to make any modifications or 'Delete' to remove the risk criteria details from the system.

Once a Risk Criteria is saved, you will be able to drill down on a particular Risk Criteria via the title hyperlink. You can then define various headings and rating values which can be used when calculating the risk ratings for a particular issue.

 

STEP 4: The following details can be specified here.

Field

Description/Instruction

Mandatory/Optional

Risk Criteria Rating Name

Name of the risk criteria name

Mandatory

Value

Value assigned for the risk criteria rating

Mandatory

Description

Description of the criteria (description is used as a tool tip).

Mandatory

 

STEP 5: Click 'Add' to save the details in the system. Similarly, use 'Edit' to make any modifications or 'Delete' to remove the risk criteria rating details from the system.

Risk Rating Type Configuration

STEP 6: Click 'Rating Type' to access the Risk Rating Type configuration area.

Within Rating Type area you could set up your own risk assessment rating levels and icons. You could also change the graph chart colours for each rating levels (series).

Follow the steps below to create a risk rating.

STEP 7: Specify the following details.

Field

Description/Instruction

Mandatory/Optional

Risk Rating Type Name

Name the Risk Rating Type

Mandatory

Image

Image of the Risk Rating Type.

Click the image place holder to select an image or you can upload a new image.

Mandatory

Colour

Colour to be displayed in the graphs.

Using the colour selection palette, set a colour to represent that risk rating type.

NOTE: These colours will be applied for all risk stages (Initial, Revised and Future Risk) and you will be able to define calculation for the rating type.

By default, black is assigned to any Risk Rating Type.

NA

Sequence

Sort the Risk Rating Type, from lowest to highest

Mandatory

Risk Criteria Calculation Configuration

STEP 8: Click 'Calculations' to access the Risk Criteria Calculation configuration area which allows you to set up the calculations for initial, revised and future risk assessment phases.

The Risk Rating Formula can be set to calculate the Initial/Revised or Future Risk Rating for a risk issue. You can edit the minimum and maximum values for the risk rating range.

The Formula can contain only the Operators and Criteria Options specified in the legend. Also, it is important to ensure that there are no gaps between the maximum value of a rating and the minimum value of the next highest rating. This will ensure that any combination of Risk Criteria will generate a Risk Rating.

 

STEP 9: Specify the following.

Field

Description/Instruction

Mandatory/Optional

Formula

Formula which will be used in the Risk Calculation

Mandatory

Calculation Type

Select the type from the drop down list

Mandatory

Min Value

Minimum value assigned for the risk rating

Mandatory

Max Value

Maximum value assigned for the risk rating

Mandatory

 

STEP 10: Click 'Save'. Use 'Edit' to change the minimum/maximum values.

 

There is no validation for the risk rating formula if the calculation results the rating above or below the minimum and maximum values of the respective risk ratings.  If a risk rating does not appear after the necessary fields have been selected and the assessment is saved, the risk rating formula must be adjusted.

If you are not sure of inputting a formula, use the default formula provided by CAM Management Solutions.

 

Risk Categories Configuration

: Click 'Categories' to access the Risk Categories configuration area. Risk Categories setup here can be selected within Initial Risk Assessments.

STEP 12: Specify the following details.

Field

Description/Instruction

Mandatory/Optional

Risk Category Name

Name of the risk category

Mandatory

Risk Category Description

A brief description of the risk category

Optional

STEP 13: Click 'Add' to save the details. Use 'Edit' to change the risk category configuration details.

 

Sub Categories

You can also create sub categories for each main category. The sub category will be displayed in the user view once the main category is selected as shown below.

However only the main categories are displayed in the revised assessment section.

Note that all amendments done to Risk Criteria, Risk Rating Type, Risk Calculations and Risk Categories from here will be reflected in the ‘Risk’ Settings area and vice versa.

 

 

 

 

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Last revised: July 26, 2017