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Risk register workshop

60 minutes 6 blockspro Runs with Pro

Collect risks from the whole team, place them together on a likelihood and impact grid, then give each serious one a response, an owner and a review date.

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Plan and watch
High impact, less likely: contingency plan
Act now
High impact, likely: respond and own it
Accept and monitor
Low impact, less likely
Reduce cheaply
Low impact, likely: quick controls
Likelihood →Impact →

In short

A risk register is a list of a project's or organization's risks with their likelihood, impact, response, owner and review date. This template collects risks from everyone's phone, lets the room place them on a likelihood and impact matrix, and runs a 60-minute review that gives each high risk a response and an owner.
Time
60 minutes
People
3 to 20
Board
Likelihood and impact matrix
Plan
Pro

Updated October 4, 2026

What's inside

The agenda

By the end of this meeting, the register is up to date, every high risk has a response, an owner and a review date.

60 min · 6 blocks, drawn to scale Fits exactly
  1. How exposed do we feel?, 3 minutes 3
  2. Open risks: still valid? Owners' updates, 7 minutes 7
  3. New and changed risks, 12 minutesBrainstorm 12
  4. Place each risk on likelihood and impact, 18 minutesDiscuss 18
  5. Response, owner and review date for the top risks, 15 minutesDecide 15
  6. Read back owners and dates, 5 minutes 5
015304560 min
  1. +0′How exposed do we feel?One word: how exposed do we feel right now?3 minCheck-in
  2. +3′Open risks: still valid? Owners' updatesTip: Owners give a one-line update on each high risk. Close risks that have passed.7 minFollow-up
  3. +10′New and changed risksTip: One risk per note, written as cause, event, effect: 'Because the supplier is single-source, a delay could stop production for two weeks.' Vague risks ('budget') can't be managed.12 minBrainstorm
  4. +22′Place each risk on likelihood and impactTip: Read each card; the room calls likelihood and impact high or low, and you drag it. If you score on a 5x5 scale, write the score on the card. When people disagree, take the cautious view and check the evidence later.18 minDiscuss
  5. +40′Response, owner and review date for the top risksTip: For each risk in Act now and Plan and watch: avoid, reduce, transfer or accept. One owner per risk, and a date to review it.15 minDecide
  6. +55′Read back owners and dates5 minWrap-up

How to run it

  1. 1Ask risk owners to update their open risks before the meeting so the review is quick.
  2. 2Collect new risks from phones, written as cause, event and effect.
  3. 3Place each risk on the grid together. You drag the card; the room decides likelihood and impact.
  4. 4Give every high risk a response, one owner and a review date. Your formal register can use a finer 5x5 scale; this grid gets the conversation right first.

Questions people ask

What is a risk register?
A log of identified risks, each with a description, likelihood, impact, overall rating, response, owner, review date and status. It's reviewed regularly through the life of a project.
What is a risk matrix?
A grid that rates each risk by likelihood and impact, often 3x3 or 5x5. Risks in the high-high corner need action first.
What should a risk register template include?
An ID, the risk written as cause, event and effect, likelihood, impact, rating, response (avoid, reduce, transfer or accept), owner, review date and status.

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  • Ideas land on the board from every phone, then dot-vote
  • A timer for every block on the shared screen
  • Results, decisions and actions in the summary
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