Project risk registers are used by almost all project-based companies to better summarise, assess and control the risks associated with their projects.

A project risk register serves as the single source of truth when it comes to project risks, with managers and/or workers coming together at the start of a project to establish project risks, and then updating and maintaining it throughout the project.

This project risk register example gives you a good idea of what this typically looks like. This example has risks associated with the environment, safety and commercial use cases - and you may have financial risks, quality risks and more.

As you can see in this example, the register features a number of columns which help the project manager or other personnel to correctly classify and prioritise each risk.

You can use a simple excel spreadsheet for creating and updating project risk registers, or you can use softwares like this project risk register example.

The benefits to using a system like this example is that you can work and collaborate on it in real-time, without the need to save or send a manual spreadsheet.

Use this project risk register as an example to copy, or try to use and customise it now.