Introduction to the Course
Questions? Get in touch
Controls, Actions and Owners
How we use Evidence
Current Risk vs Target Risk
The Moving Environment
Three Lenses, One System
Choose your starting lens
Common Risk Factors
1. Market Misalignment (Weak Market Fit)
2. Unclear Vision
3. Prototype Neglect (Pre-Production Shortcuts)
4. Scope & Feature Creep
5. Communication Gaps
6. QA Under-investment
7. Strategic Misalignment & Whiplash
8. Launch Day Failures & Negative Reception
9. Reputational & Public Trust Risk
Risk Data - The Bigger Picture in Numbers
The Importance of the Risk Management System
The Foundation System
Risk Management Lexicon
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Assignment
Your Situation
Step 1 - Identify Risks
Where to look first for Risk Signals
Setting Boundaries - Objectives and Red Flags
Task 1: Confirm the working lens and define boundaries
Threats and Opportunities
Risks vs Issues
How to run a Risk Identification Workshop
Clustering and second-pass coverage checks
Task 2: Run a fast identification pass
Risk Categories
Stage Triggers
Early Signals
RACI Lite - Bringing in Missing Perspectives
What goes into the Working Log
Route the item
Three Lenses Working Example
Write Risks so they can be assessed
Dependencies
Module 2 Outputs
Task 3: Build your working log
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Module Assignment
Step 2 - Analyse and Assess Risks
Prioritisation of your list
Assessment is about decisions
Score the risk that exists today
Heatmap and Matrix Examples
Before you score: lock the rules
Agree what is too risky first
Use a simple scoring model
Current and target risk
Worked example: project scoring
Task 1: Set your scoring rules
Assess the upside too
Economic Lens
The Three lenses
Evidence and Confidence notes
Calibrate before you trust the scores
Task 2: Run a mini calibration
Crisis assessment
Stage changes the score
Use the matrix to communicate
Risk Register or RAID?
Understanding RAID
Worked example 1
RAID item assessment
Actions & Decisions
When a risk becomes an issue
Avoid scoring behaviour that destroys trust
Module 3 Output
Task 3: Build the assessed top view
Assessment: Short Answers
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Step 3 - Mitigate Risks
Mitigation involves trade-offs
Choosing the right response
Eight Mitigation Options
Response Criteria
Controls, actions and contingency
Ask these questions first
Avoidance and Reduction
Transfer, Accept and Residual Risk
Often overlooked responses
Threat and Opportunity Responses
Task 1: Choose the response type
Mitigation changes with the lenses
Choose the artefact by lens
Break large mitigations into executable actions
Write an executable Mitigation Plan
Full project treatment plan example
Shorter programme variant example
Task 2: Build the treatment plan
Governance Mitigations
Production Control mitigation patterns
Market Misalignment
Unclear Vision
Prototype Neglect
Scope Churn and Feature Creep
Communication Gaps
QA Under-investment
Strategic Misalignment
Launch-day Failures and Negative Reception
Reputational & Public Trust Risk
Quality and validation mitigation patterns
Launch, trust and live-response
Delivery-system mitigations
Post-launch and Live-Ops
Player trust and community management
Security and privacy
When a risk becomes real
Incident roles and the MVP
Workshop: turning your top 5 risks into real plans
Module 4 outputs
Task 3: Define contingency and escalation
Assessment: Short Answers
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Shorter still portfolio contrast example
Step 4 - Implement and Track
Where risk management fails
Write executable actions
Prioritise risk work inside the delivery system
Task 1: Decide where implementation lives
Tool integration pattern
Project level default
Put mitigation into the real workflow
Programme example: implementing and tracking cross-team risk work in a shared view
Project example: implementing and tracking risk work inside Jira
Portfolio example: how it appears at a leadership level
Task 2: Convert mitigation into visible work
Opportunity and ownership
Vendor and Third Party governance
Reveal movement through action status tracking
Adjust when the evidence changes
Keep related items together
Decision Log Upkeep
Visualisation through the Three Lenses
Module 5 outputs
Task 3: Show proof of follow-through
Assessment: Short Answers
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Step 5: Monitor and review risks
Monitoring is ongoing
Review through the lenses
Recommended cadence by lens
What each lens reviews every cycle
Communication and Reporting Templates
Review outputs should match the lens
Portfolio contrast - what review looks like at leadership level
Task 1: Design your review rhythm
Did the control do its job?
A structured agenda
Threats, opportunities and realised benefits
Readiness gate reviews
Use more than one visual cue
Metrics that may assist
Task 2: Build one review you could run this week
When a risk becomes a crisis
Prepare before the day goes wrong
Rehearse before you need it
Lessons Learned
Post-incident learning loop
Module 6 Output
Task 3: Show how review becomes readiness and learning
Assessment: Short Answers
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