A new risk has been raised but no one is accountable for assessing its effect or coordinating a response.
The useful bits
- Risk description and evidence
- Potential affected deliverable
- The response should assign assessment ownership and a next checkpoint, rather than simply acknowledge the email.
Before you write
Use this example when a new risk has been raised but no one is accountable for assessing its effect or coordinating a response. Gather the details below so the recipient can act without asking you to reconstruct the situation.
- Risk description and evidence
- Potential affected deliverable
- Proposed accountable owner
An email you can adapt
The subject “Owner needed for [project risk]” identifies the request. Replace each bracketed field with a checked detail and remove any sentence that does not describe your situation.
Subject: Owner needed for [project risk] Hi [name], We have identified [risk] based on [observation]. It could affect [deliverable], although [uncertainty] remains unconfirmed. Could you assign an owner to assess the impact and propose a response by [date]? [Person] can provide the existing evidence. Please keep the risk separate from a confirmed incident until the facts support that classification. We will add the agreed owner and next checkpoint to [risk record]. Best, [sender]
Check the boundary
An alarming possibility should not be presented as a confirmed event or an attributed failure.
What a useful reply should settle
The response should assign assessment ownership and a next checkpoint, rather than simply acknowledge the email.
Update the record when evidence changes and communicate any confirmed impact through the appropriate route.
About this guide
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