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Getting Started with Lydaro ​

Welcome to Lydaro. This guide will have you managing risks in minutes.

What is Lydaro? ​

Lydaro is a risk governance platform for project and portfolio leaders. Instead of keeping risks scattered across spreadsheets and emails, Lydaro keeps all project risks in one place, measures how well you're managing them, and shows you what to do next.

Key concepts:

  • Risk: Something that might affect your project (positively or negatively)
  • Quality Score: How well-documented and actively managed a risk is (0–100)
  • Dashboard: Overview of all your projects and their risk governance health

Sign up ​

  1. Go to lydaro.app
  2. Click Start free
  3. Enter your email and create a password
  4. Verify your email (check your inbox)

Your first steps ​

Step 1: Create a project (2 minutes) ​

A project is where you manage risks. You might have one project per initiative, program, or delivery.

  1. Click + New Project
  2. Enter a project name (e.g., "Website Redesign")
  3. Enter a project description (optional but recommended)
  4. Click Create project

You're now in your project dashboard.

Step 2: Create your first risk (3 minutes) ​

A risk is something that might affect your project. Lydaro uses a cause → event → effect model:

  • Cause: Why might this happen? (e.g., "Insufficient engineering capacity")
  • Event: What is the risk? (e.g., "Feature delivery takes longer than planned")
  • Effect: What would the impact be? (e.g., "Launch delayed by 2 weeks")
  1. Click + New Risk
  2. Enter the cause ("Why might this happen?")
  3. Enter the event ("What is the risk?")
  4. Enter the effect ("What would be the impact?")
  5. Click Save risk

Your risk appears in the register with the status Draft.

Step 3: Assess your risk (2 minutes) ​

Now assess how likely and severe this risk is.

  1. Click on your risk
  2. Click Assess to open the assessment
  3. Select probability and impact
  4. Click Save

Probability (how likely is it?): Rare, Unlikely, Possible, Likely, Almost Certain

Impact (how bad would it be?): Insignificant, Minor, Moderate, Major, Catastrophic

Note: Probability and impact labels are customisable per organisation. Your organisation may use different labels if they have been configured under Settings.

Lydaro calculates the risk level (Critical, High, Medium, or Low) from probability × impact and updates your Quality Score.

Step 4: Invite your team (5 minutes) ​

Add colleagues so they can view or manage risks alongside you.

  1. Click Settings in the top right
  2. Click Manage members
  3. Add your team member and assign their role:
    • Viewer: Can view risks, cannot edit
    • Editor: Can create and edit risks
    • Owner: Can invite members and manage organisation settings

What's next? ​

  • Respond to the risk: Add a response strategy (what you'll do about it)
  • Review the risk: Schedule a review to keep it current
  • Check your dashboard: See overall risk governance health across projects
  • Export data: Download a CSV report for stakeholders

Tips for success ​

Tip: A good risk statement is specific and measurable. "Technology risk" is vague. "Switching from React to Vue mid-project could delay launch by 4 weeks" is clear.

Note: Lydaro's Quality Score measures how well-managed a risk is, not how severe it is. A critical risk is bad; a critical risk that's actively managed is good.

Need help? ​

  • Check FAQ for common questions
  • See Troubleshooting for common issues
  • Email support@lydaro.app

Next: Assess a Risk