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Create a risk register with mitigations

Identifies, scores, and plans responses to project or business risks.

Projects & OperationsRCTFVVAdvancedAnalyzePlanFill-in Template

The prompt

Role: Act as a delivery lead building and analysing the project risk register. Context: Project scope, approach and phase: [SCOPE_PHASE]. Known risk sources (technical, resource, external, commercial, change, dependency): [RISK_SOURCES]. Risk scale and appetite: [SCALE_APPETITE]. Schedule and budget baselines: [BASELINES]. Contingency available (time / budget): [CONTINGENCY]. Lessons from similar projects: [LESSONS]. Goal: Give the project board a clear view of the risk exposure and a credible plan to keep it within appetite. Task: Produce: (1) the risk register - each risk with cause, trigger, likelihood, impact (schedule/cost/quality), score, and proximity; (2) a response per risk (avoid / reduce / transfer / accept) with the specific actions, owner and cost; (3) contingency plans for the top risks with the trigger that activates them and the reserve they draw on; (4) the overall exposure vs contingency and whether it is within appetite; (5) the 5 risks to review weekly. Constraints: Score consistently on the given scale; base likelihood on evidence or the lessons, not optimism. Contingency plans must name a concrete trigger, not 'if things go wrong'. Make clear where residual risk still exceeds appetite. Examples: Register row: 'Risk: key integration partner delivers late. Cause: their competing priorities. Trigger: no API spec by [date]. L: high, I: 3-wk slip. Response: reduce - weekly joint checkpoint + parallel stub build. Owner: [name]. Contingency: if trigger hits, activate stub (draws 2 wks reserve).' Format: Sections: Risk register (table) | Responses & costs | Contingency plans (trigger -> action -> reserve) | Exposure vs contingency | Weekly-review list. ~700 words. Verification: Recompute total potential schedule/cost exposure of the un-mitigated top risks and compare to contingency; flag risks scored on assumption alone. Validation: Stress-test as a sceptical project board: if the top two risks both materialise, does the contingency actually cover it? State the honest answer and the pre-emptive move.

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What to fill in

  • SCOPE_PHASE
  • RISK_SOURCES
  • SCALE_APPETITE
  • BASELINES
  • CONTINGENCY
  • LESSONS
  • date
  • name

How this prompt is built

This prompt follows the RCTFVV structure (Role, Context, Task, Format, Verification, Validation). RCTFVV extends RCTF with two checking steps. Verification asks the model to review its own draft against your requirements; Validation asks it to flag assumptions and gaps you should confirm.

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