A long sheet nobody opens
The register starts as a workshop output with sixty rows and ends as an attachment to the monthly report. Nobody opens it between meetings, so nothing in it changes.
For project managers
Construction risk register for project managers
A risk register is only useful if people keep it up to date, and people only keep it up to date when it is short. This page follows a project manager’s use of Fidrel’s risk register: what to enter, how the score is worked out, who owns each risk and how the list reads when you sit down to review it.
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Why risk registers go stale
Risks with no owner
A risk that belongs to everybody belongs to nobody. Without a name next to it, a risk is a worry, and the first time anyone acts on it is when it has become a delay.
Scoring by feel
Two people rate the same risk differently because one means how likely it is and the other means how bad it would be. A rating with no shared scale cannot be sorted.
How the score and the matrix work
The score is the probability times the impact, from 1 to 25. A score of 1 to 4 is Low, 5 to 9 Medium, 10 to 16 High and 17 or more Critical, and the colors in the list and the matrix follow those bands. The matrix counts the open risks in each cell and leaves the closed ones out, with the numbers of open and closed risks above it. A risk that is closed stays in the register, sorted to the bottom, so the history is still there when someone asks.
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Who can see and change the register
Risks belong to the same part of the project as issues, so a member has to have been given that part to see them. Anyone who can edit in the project can add, change or delete a risk; a member with view-only access reads the register and sees You have read-only access. There is no lock on a single risk, so the owner field carries the accountability, not the permissions.
Keeping the register short and current
Step 1
Log it early, in a sentence or two
Press New risk and give it a Risk title and a Description. Pick a Category, such as Schedule, Cost, Quality, Environmental or Design. Risks are numbered R-001 and on, so a risk can be named in a meeting by its number.
Step 2
Rate probability and impact
Choose Probability from Very unlikely to Very likely and Impact from Negligible to Severe. The Risk score is probability times impact on a five-by-five scale, so a risk rated 4 and 5 scores 20, which is Critical.
Step 3
Name an owner and write the response
Pick the Risk owner from the people on the project, write the Response, describing how the risk is avoided, mitigated, transferred or accepted, and set a Response due date. The owner is told in Fidrel, with a link straight to the risk.
Step 4
Review the list
The register sorts by risk score with closed risks last. Filter by Status (Identified, Assessed, Mitigating or Closed) and by Category, or search by risk, owner or response, and read the Risk matrix beside it to see where the open risks sit.
What the register does not do
Fidrel does not put a price on a risk: the score is probability times impact on two five-step scales, and nothing more. The register sends no reminders and has no review schedule, so a Response due date is a date on the row and the review is a habit you set. One way is to take the list, sorted by score, to the weekly meeting. The Response field is text you write; Fidrel does not choose a treatment, advise on insurance or give legal advice.
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Frequently asked questions
Anything else on your mind? We are happy to help.
Talk to usProbability times impact, each on a scale of one to five, so the score runs from 1 to 25. Under 5 is Low, 5 to 9 Medium, 10 to 16 High and 17 and above Critical.
The owner gets a notification in Fidrel with a link that opens the risk itself. A closed risk does not notify, and a change of owner notifies the new owner.
Filter by Status and pick Identified, Assessed or Mitigating, or read the Risk matrix, which counts open risks only. Closed risks sort to the bottom of the list rather than disappearing.
No. A risk takes one of the categories in the list, from Schedule and Cost to Design, Site & logistics and Other. Use Other and say what it is in the description when none of them fits.
No. Fidrel does not send reminders for risks and has no review schedule. Use the Response due date, the status and the list sorted by score to run your own review.