Risk Assessment

Risk Assessment Template

How to use this template?

The Risk Assessment Template can be customized to suit specific projects for opening access to digital cultural heritage collections.

  1. Identify risks: List potential risks, noting their descriptions and categories.

  2. Analyze risks: Assess each risk's likelihood and potential impact to assign an overall risk rating.

  3. Evaluate and prioritize: Rank risks based on their risk rating and impact on operations, assigning priority levels to focus on the most critical.

  4. Develop mitigation strategies: Define measures for each risk, specifying responsible parties and needed resources.

  5. Monitor and review: Track each risk’s status and regularly review to update mitigation measures and priorities as needed.

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Visit the full record of the toolkit on Zenodo, scroll down to "Files" section and download the file titled "Risk Assessment Template".

Sharing this template

Please, cite this template as: Ilkay Holt and Revekka Kefalea (2024). “Risk Assessment Template” in Risk Management Toolkit: Risk Mitigation in Open Access to Digital Cultural Heritage Collections, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14419073, supported by Creative Commons, CC BY 4.0.

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