Review open risks in the Forward Look dashboard
Use the Forward Look Open Risks widget to review current risks, understand their impact and likelihood, and identify where attention is most needed.
This guide is designed for project manager.
Steps
Step 1: Open the Forward Look dashboard
Navigate to the Forward Look area of the PlanOps dashboard where the Open Risks widget is displayed alongside other forward-looking indicators.
Step 2: Review the overall open risk summary
At the top of the widget, review the summary figures showing total open risks, proactive versus reactive risks, and aggregated impact and expected value across your portfolio.
Step 3: Inspect key risk indicators
Check the highlighted counts for high-likelihood, high-impact and imminent risks to quickly identify where you may need to intervene.
Step 4: Scan the list of individual open risks
Scroll through the table of open risks to see each item’s reference, title, event nature and type, proximity, likelihood, impact, expected value and owner details.
Step 5: Review project and ownership details
For each risk, use the project name and risk owner columns to understand which project it relates to and who is responsible for managing it.
Step 6: Refresh the open risks data
Use the refresh control in the widget header to reload the latest open risk information from the underlying data source.
Step 7: Understand empty or error states
If no open risks are available or an error occurs, review the message shown in the widget and refresh the data or adjust your dashboard configuration as needed.
Last updated: 2026-08-31