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Using risk designs

Define your risk assessment model​

If your organisation uses the optional Risk Assessment module, you can incorporate risk data into your defects.

The module includes three risk designs:

  • Risk Likelihood - a numeric rating scale of how likely something bad may happen.

  • Risk Consequences - a numeric rating scale of how bad the impact could be.

  • Risk Severity - the level of risk, determined by the risk score.

By creating items of these designs, you can define a risk assessment model that's suitable for your organisation.

Note

Alloy calculates a defect's Risk Score attribute by multiplying its Risk Likelihood and Risk Consequences values.

Example models​

The following tables illustrate two examples of risk assessment models.

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Create items to define the scales​

For the Risk Likelihood and Risk Consequences designs, create items to represent the possible number values of each scale. When someone creates or edits a defect, they can set the corresponding attributes by choosing an item from each list.

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For the Risk Severity design, create items to represent the possible levels of severity. Each level must have a minimum and maximum value to represent a risk score range. When someone creates or edits a defect, Alloy will automatically calculate the defect's Risk Score attribute, and then set the Risk Severity attribute accordingly.

Example model with items​

This illustrates the relationship between risk designs and their associated items within an example risk assessment model.

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