Here is the suggested guidance for the status of the Project Risk Health:
Your Risk Health is Green if all of these are true:
- Issues and risks are documented in a central repository
- Risks have triggers, mitigation and contingency plans for high-exposure and high-impact risks
- Risks are reviewed on a regular basis by the project manager and risk/issue owners;
Your Risk Health is Yellow if:
- Issues and risks are defined in a central repository but not reviewed on a regular basis by the project manager and risk/issue owners AND/OR…
- Risks have no mitigation and contingency plans associated with the high-exposure items
Your Risk Health is Red if:
- Issues and risks are not documented in a central repository
- Risks are not formally managed.