Guide · Jira Cloud

Track project risks on a 5×5 heat map

Spreadsheets drift the day after you export them. Project leads need a living risk register next to the Jira work — score probability × impact, set a response, and see the portfolio heat map in one place.

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01 — The gap

Why spreadsheet risk logs fail in Jira teams

Risk owners change, scores go stale, and the file lives outside Jira. By the time a portfolio review happens, nobody trusts the sheet. Teams need the register on the project page, with an audit trail and a combined heat map for the projects they can see.

02 — What buyers usually want

Score, respond, import, review

  1. Add risks on the project with probability and impact (1–5) so score = probability × impact.
  2. Choose a response — avoid, mitigate, transfer, or accept — plus mitigation notes and a next-review date.
  3. Import CSV with a dry-run so existing lists do not get retyped by hand.
  4. Portfolio heat map across projects you can access; filter by category, band, and status.
  5. Re-score visually by dragging a risk onto a matrix cell when priorities shift.

03 — Tooling

Risk Register for Jira

Risk Register for Jira is a Forge app: project register, issue panel, and portfolio heat map on Jira Cloud. Risk records stay in Atlassian Forge storage on your site — no customer risk data leaves Atlassian.

Marketplace listing: Risk Register for Jira. Support: info@berkly.nl.

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