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Risk Quality Score

The Quality Score measures how well a risk is governed, not how severe it is. A score of 0–100 reflects completeness across six dimensions: risk statement quality, ownership, assessment completeness, response completeness, review discipline, and impact quantification. A high Quality Score means a risk is decision-ready — clearly written, owned, assessed, treated, and current.

Note: A high Quality Score does not mean a risk is unimportant. It means the risk is being actively and thoroughly managed.

How the Quality Score is calculated

Quality Score evaluates six governance dimensions, broken down into specific checks:

CheckDimension
Title clarityRisk statement quality
Cause descriptionRisk statement quality
Event descriptionRisk statement quality
Effect descriptionRisk statement quality
Owner assignmentOwnership
Assessment completenessAssessment completeness
Response strategyResponse completeness
Review disciplineReview discipline
Impact quantificationImpact quantification

Each check contributes points to the total score.

Score bands

ScoreBandMeaning
85–100ExcellentDecision-ready
70–84GoodWell managed
50–69Needs attentionIncomplete
0–49PoorNot management-ready

Improving your score

The risk detail page shows exactly which checks are incomplete. Common quick wins:

  1. Assign an owner (adds significant points)
  2. Complete the assessment (probability + impact)
  3. Add a response strategy
  4. Mark a review as complete

Register Quality Score

The Health Dashboard shows average Quality Scores across all projects so you can see which projects need governance attention.