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The Risk module tracks project risks against the same WBS, work packages, and activities your cost estimate and schedule already use, then turns them into a contingency figure you can defend. It comes at two levels, Risk Lite and Risk Pro. This page covers both, and the video walks the complete Lite workflow end to end before showing what Pro adds.

Video walkthrough

Writing a risk, planning how you will handle it, checking the data holds up, and running the numbers; then a tour of the Pro features at the end.

What each tier includes

Which tier your organization has is set per environment by your Dash360 administrator. If you are not sure, look at the Risk Analysis page: if Cost and Schedule Uncertainty carries a PRO badge, you are on Lite.

Included in both Lite and Pro

Lite is a complete workflow on its own. It produces a real cost distribution from a full simulation, not a colour-coded grid, and it quantifies what your response plan is worth.

Added by Pro

Fields you can fill in on Lite today

Three fields on the risk form carry a PRO badge but stay fully editable in Lite: Start Date, Finish Date, and Add Activities. Their only consumers are Pro features, so nothing on a Lite page reads them yet. Probability and Cost Impact are not badged: they drive the cost Monte Carlo on both tiers.
Enter these as you go even on Lite. The analytics that read them light up the day you move to Pro, so your history is already there instead of starting from an empty page.

Where to go next

1

Setting Risk up for the first time

An administrator has to configure risk IDs, categories, types, and thresholds before anyone can add a risk. Start at How to Set Up Risk.
2

Working the register day to day

Risk Register is the full reference for adding, mitigating, classifying, and reporting on risks.
3

Running the numbers

Risk Analysis covers the simulation, reading the results, and saving runs. For the methodology behind it, see How the Dash360 Monte Carlo Works.
If Pro is something you need, talk to us at dash360.com.