Project and Change Risk Assessment Template
A worksheet for risks introduced by projects and changes, connecting objectives, dependencies, milestones, actions, and decisions.
Key Takeaways
- ✓Tie scenarios to objectives, affected services, and dependencies.
- ✓Reassess at milestones and when assumptions or scope change.
- ✓Link actions and acceptance to authorized decisions and evidence.
Project and Change Risk Assessment Template
Purpose and use
Use this worksheet to identify and review uncertainty introduced by a project, material change, or transition. Connect risks to intended outcomes, affected services, dependencies, and decision milestones. Assessments should be revisited when scope, assumptions, design, or operating conditions change.
Assessment steps
1. Describe the objective, scope, proposed change, affected parties, and decision stage.
2. Identify assumptions, dependencies, constraints, and plausible cause-event-effect scenarios.
3. Assess inherent exposure using approved criteria; record controls and evidence separately.
4. Define options, actions, owners, decision gates, residual assessment, and acceptance authority.
5. Reassess before implementation, at material milestones, and after transition or rollback.
Blank assessment
| Project / change ID | Objective / scope / stage | Affected services / parties | Assumption / dependency | Risk scenario | Inherent assessment / evidence |
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Frequently asked questions
When should the assessment be updated?
Revisit it after material scope, design, assumption, dependency, or operating changes and at agreed milestones.
Does completing the worksheet approve the change?
No. Existing authorized project and change governance makes the decision.
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