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Add a Risk
A Risk is a condition that could cause the disruption, loss or compromise of a system. It can refer to either technical or business risks.
Within an element, you can create a record for each risk that you want to record against the element.
Add a Risk Record
Display the properties of the element to which you want to add the risk record, and click on the 'Add New' button. A menu displays offering options to add various features to the element. Select the 'Add risk' option. The 'Add risk to <element name>' dialog displays.
Mandatory fields on the dialog are indicated by a red asterisk (*).
Complete the fields as directed here.
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Name |
Type an appropriate and meaningful name for the new risk. |
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Type |
Type in the risk type. |
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Weight |
Defaults to 1. Click on the up and down arrows to set a different weighting on the risk. There is no limit to the value that you can set, but within Enterprise Architect the usual value is a small number between, say, 1.0 (normal) and 5.0 (heavily weighted). |
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Description |
Type in a description of the risk, what it is and what the mitigation might be. You can format this text using the facilities provided in the Notes toolbar. These are:
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Add |
Click on this button to submit the details and create the risk record on the selected element. This message is displayed: Risk <name> was successfully added to <element name>. Either:
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Add & Close |
Click on this button to add the Risk item (as described above) and also Close the dialog. |
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Close |
Click on this button to close the dialog. |