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Risk assessment mind map template

A risk assessment mind map in a likelihood and impact grid, with each risk's controls, owner and review date, for a project, event, workplace or trip.

Risk assessment mind map template preview

Who it is for

  • A project manager listing what could go wrong before the plan is signed off.
  • An event organiser or teacher writing a risk assessment for an outing.
  • A small business owner checking workplace hazards once a year.

How to use it

  1. Open the template and write what is being assessed in the central topic.
  2. List every risk you can think of, then place each in the square for its likelihood and impact.
  3. Give each risk in the top squares a control, an owner and a date, then export a PNG for sign-off.

The outline

Every topic in the template, as it opens in the editor.

Risk assessment

  • Likely, high impact
    • Key person off sick at a critical time
    • Supplier delivers late
    • Act on these first
  • Unlikely, high impact
    • Data loss or security breach
    • Venue or site unavailable
    • Have a plan B ready
  • Likely, low impact
    • Small delays and overruns
    • Minor complaints
    • Accept and monitor
  • Unlikely, low impact
    • Rare equipment faults
    • Note and move on
  • Controls
    • Remove the risk
    • Reduce the chance
    • Reduce the harm
    • Share or insure it
  • Owners and review
    • One owner per risk
    • Review date
    • Check after any incident

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