Method guide · Arrange people and ideas
Risk Radar
Use for a regular review of existing risks, their changes and the responses assigned to them.
- People
- 3–20
- Base procedure time
- 60 minutes
- Recording
- Shared record
Purpose: Reflect and learn; Make a decision.
English guide
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How this method works
Regularly review current risks by repositioning them according to their status and trend, and update the responses. Use for periodic reflection on ongoing work where complacency can cause new or worsening risks to be overlooked. Reposition every risk systematically on a severity-and-change map, so that changes in position rather than intuition distinguish new, worsening and improving risks. The outputs are an updated map and a response policy, owner and next review date for each risk. The method does not itself identify risks, so do not use it on its own at an initial launch where no candidate risks have yet been raised.
Phase schedule
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- Identify risks0–8 minutes from the start (8 minutes)
Action: Identify. Participation: Everyone.
Recording not separately specified for this phase
- Ask about the current situation8–23 minutes from the start (15 minutes)
Action: Ask. Participation: Everyone.
Shared record
- Position the risks23–38 minutes from the start (15 minutes)
Action: Position. Participation: Everyone.
Shared record
- Delegate responses38–52 minutes from the start (14 minutes)
Action: Delegate. Participation: Everyone.
Shared record
- Hand over the record52–60 minutes from the start (8 minutes)
Action: Hand. Participation: Everyone.
Shared record
Facilitation steps
- For 8 minutes, collect the current risk list and severity data from the owners to identify the risks.
- For 15 minutes, ask together, one risk at a time, whether the response is working and whether there are new signs.
- For 15 minutes, position each risk on the severity-and-direction-of-change map, marking new and worsening risks.
- For 14 minutes, decide whether to accept, mitigate or transfer each risk and delegate the response to its owner.
- For 8 minutes, update the map and response policies, add the next review date and hand over the record.
If something changes
If
It has been 5 weeks or more since the last review.
Then
Limit this session to recent changes and the top 3 most severe risks.
If
The same risk has stayed in the same position for 3 consecutive reviews.
Then
Start again with a blank response policy, change the owner and reconsider it.
If
A review ends with 0 new risks for 2 consecutive reviews.
Then
Add time for each person to raise one change they have noticed recently.
Preparation
Materials
- One current risk list, displayed on one surface visible to everyone
- One risk-positioning sheet, A2 or larger, with 2 axes: severity × change
- Colour-coded markers for new, worsening and improving risks: about 10 of each colour
- Dark pens: one per person
Room and setup
- One wall area or large table at least 150 cm wide, visible to everyone, for the positioning map
Adjust for people and time
With fewer than 3 people, response owners and reviewers cannot be separated, so mutual review does not work. For 3–20 people, gather everyone around one shared map; do not split into small groups. With more than 15 people, divide the risks into 2 sets by area of responsibility, finish positioning each set, then bring them together and merge duplicates.
Safety and non-applicable situations
This is a regular review of current risks, not a standalone initial risk-identification exercise. Do not use it on its own at a launch where no candidate risks have been raised. Separate response ownership and review roles to support mutual review.
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- The first phase and first step use risk-identification wording, while the guide explicitly says that the method does not itself identify risks. Both statements are retained; the translation does not expand the session into a new risk-identification exercise.
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- Dave Esra: Risk Radar
https://openpracticelibrary.com/practice/risk-radar-monitoring-and-controlling-risks/
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