Edit and create risk types
You can add risks to a project in the planning phase to identify potential obstacles prior to the approval of any work. Risks are possible events that could prevent completion of the project on time or within budget.
Access requirements
You must have the following access to perform the steps in this article:
Risks types
Risk types are labels you can use for your risks to categorize them for reporting purposes. They are created in the Setup area by the Adobe Workfront administrator. After risk types are established in your Setup area, they are universal to your system. All project owners can use the same risk types for their projects.
Edit and create risk types
Some risk types are already in Workfront, by default. To reflect the needs of your organization, you can either edit the existing risk types, or create new risk types.
Edit existing risk types edit-existing-risk-types
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Click the Main Menu icon
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Click Risk Types.
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Select the risk type you want to edit.
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Click Edit.
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(Optional) Change the name and the description of the risk type.
There is a character limit of 50 characters for the Name and the Description fields.
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Click Save Changes.
Create new risk types create-new-risk-types
You can create new risk types, in addition to the default ones, to reflect the needs of your organization.
To create a new risk type:
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Click the Main Menu icon
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Click Risk Types.
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Click New Risk Type.
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Type a Name (required) and a Description (optional) for the risk type.
There is a character limit of 50 characters for the Name and the Description fields.
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Click Create Risk Type. If you used in-line edit to add your risk type, click Enter when you are done.
note note NOTE If you need to edit a custom risk type, see the section Edit existing risk types in this article.
Attach risks with risk types on projects
Risks types can be used for labeling risks that are added to your projects. For more information on how to add risks to projects, see Create and edit risks on projects.