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Organisation List Management

Organisation List Management lets Owners customise the dropdown lists used throughout Lydaro — risk statuses, categories, response types, probability labels, impact labels, and more. Lists are pre-populated with Lydaro's standard starting values and can be renamed, reordered, extended, or deactivated to match your organisation's risk framework. Changes take effect immediately across all projects.

Accessing list management

Go to Settings in the sidebar, then Organisation settings. The list management section shows all configurable lists for your organisation.

You need Owner role to manage lists.

What can be customised

ListUsed for
Risk statusesThe lifecycle stages a risk moves through
Risk categoriesHow risks are classified
Probability levelsThe likelihood scale for risk assessment
Impact levelsThe severity scale for risk assessment
Response strategiesThe treatment types available for risk responses
Issue typesClassification of issues by type
Issue prioritiesPriority levels for issues
Issue cause categoriesCause categories for issue root cause analysis
Issue impact categoriesImpact classification for issues
Assumption categoriesClassification of assumptions
Assumption statusesThe lifecycle stages for assumptions
Document typesClassification of uploaded project documents

Managing list items

For each list you can:

  • Add items — add new values specific to your organisation's framework
  • Rename items — change the label without affecting existing data (risks and issues reference items by internal ID, not by label text)
  • Reorder items — change the display order in dropdowns
  • Deactivate items — hide an item from future use without deleting it; existing data using that item is preserved

Setting up a list for the first time

If a list shows Set up defaults, click it to add Lydaro's standard starting values for that list only. Your other lists are not affected. You can then customise from there.

Risk status labels

The default risk status labels seeded for new organisations are:

StatusMeaning
DraftBeing written; not yet active
ActiveConfirmed and being tracked
MitigatedResponse in place
RealizedThe risk event has occurred
ClosedNo longer active

These labels are starting defaults. You can rename, reorder, add, or deactivate them to match your organisation's terminology.

Note: Renaming a status label (for example, changing "Active" to "Identified") does not affect existing risks. Risks continue to use the same underlying status — only the displayed label changes.