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	Risk Discovery

Using Ratings

If you have specified to use risk discovery ratings for the project, the Risk Discovery analysis allows you to rate the criticality of the item using a set of factors that are configurable via the Project Properties window. For each category, there can be one or more factors to consider. For each factor, you can choose the rating from a predefined menu.

Authorized users can define the categories, factors and ratings that will be used for this analysis. If you want to edit settings for the current project only, choose Project > Management > Edit Project Properties, go to the Configurable Settings page and click the View/Edit Settings icon to the right of the Risk Discovery Questions drop-down list.

If you want to define ratings that could be applied to other projects also, use the Profiles/Library Manager to update the active library and then return to the Project Properties window and apply the ratings to the current project.

A Risk Discovery analysis using risk discovery ratings is shown next.

• Category: The type of issue that the rating addresses.

• Factor: A short description of the particular issue being rated.

• Rating: A drop-down list of ratings that can be applied to the factor.

• Comments: A comment (up to 255 characters) that contains any additional information that is relevant to your rating for the factor. You can type directly in this field or click anywhere in the field to display the Select Existing icon. This icon opens the Select Existing window that allows you to choose comments used in other data sources.

• Category Rating: The total rating for all factors within this category, which is calculated automatically based on the numerical values in the Rating column.

The Overall Rating field is the sum of all the ratings for all the factors, which is calculated automatically based on the numerical values in the Category Rating column.

In the System panel, the Risk Discovery Details column will display the sum of all the rating numbers selected in the analysis. Higher sums indicate greater risk. Additionally, if the Mark item for more detailed analysis check box is selected, then the Risk Discovery icon will display in red.

To generate a report of the Risk Discovery data, choose Home > Reporting > Reports. In the Reports window, the Risk Discovery reports are located in the Risk Discovery section of the Available Reports area.