Risk Register User Guide (Cloud)

Risk Register User Guide (Cloud)

Risk Register by ProjectBalm helps teams capture, assess, treat and monitor risk directly in Jira. It combines structured risk management with Jira’s familiar tracking, workflow and collaboration capabilities.

At a glance

Use Risk Register to record risks, assess likelihood and impact, assign ownership, link treatment work and report on risk exposure through registers, matrices and dashboard views.

What you can do with Risk Register

  • Record project, product and organisational risks in Jira.

  • Assess risk magnitude using configurable probability and impact values.

  • Assign risks and treatment actions to responsible team members.

  • Collaborate through Jira comments, workflow status and linked work items.

  • Monitor risk exposure using the Risk Register and Risk Matrix views.

  • Compare inherent risk and residual risk to understand treatment effectiveness over time.

  • Create registers from a Jira project or from a saved filter that you define.

Designed for Jira teams

Risk Register builds on Jira’s existing strengths, including issue tracking, workflow management, ownership, history and reporting, so teams can manage risks without moving to a separate system.

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