---
title: Adding a Risk or a Chance
description: >-
  Record a risk or a chance for a process or a process element — from the
  process page to the saved entry.
search:
  tags:
    - anleitung
    - risiko
    - chance
    - hinzufuegen
    - erfassen
---
A risk or a chance can be recorded for the entire process or for an element of a published process version.

## Prerequisites

You must be responsible for the process.

A risk analysis can only be created for published process versions, not for processes that are under review.

To save a risk or a chance, you must enter at least the title.

## Context

When you record opportunities and risks on processes and process elements, you see where in the process landscape things particularly matter for the company. You can then keep a close eye on these points.

Chances and risks that affect the entire process are shown at the top left of the process as a **red warning triangle** (risk) or as a **white arrow on a green background** (chance).

The risks and chances recorded for the individual process elements are shown directly on the element with a corresponding icon.

By default, the **Add Risk/Chance** dialog is set to record a risk.

Among other things, you specify a description and a responsible person. You assess the probability of occurrence and the extent of impact or the extent of success in a matrix. From this, Bpanda automatically determines the priority.

You can record the title, description and possible effects in multiple languages.

## The Assessment Matrix

With **Advanced Editing**, you assess the probability of occurrence and the extent in a matrix instead of using the selection lists. For a risk, the probability of occurrence is set against the extent of impact; for a chance, against the extent of success. Bpanda determines the priority from the field you select.

![Risk matrix: probability of occurrence from Open to Likely against the extent of impact from Open to Catastrophic](/blume-assets/content/content/en/media/adding-and-capturing-risk-or-chance-risk-matrix.png)

![Chance matrix: probability of occurrence from Open to Likely against the extent of success from Open to High](/blume-assets/content/content/en/media/adding-and-capturing-risk-or-chance-chance-matrix.png)

How many levels the matrix has and what they are called is defined by your Process Space. Your matrix may therefore differ from the illustrations.

## Procedure

1. To record a risk or a chance for a process, go to the process page, click ⋮ in the top right corner and then click **Analyze Risks** in the menu.

   The **Risk Analysis for \<Process\>** page appears. The process is selected.
2. To record a risk or a chance for a process element, select the element in the process diagram.
3. To select the process again, click the process icon below the process diagram.
4. Click **Add Risk/Chance**.

   The dialog of the same name appears.

   The toggle is set to **Risk**.
5. To record a chance, click **Chance** in the toggle.

   No risk category is managed for chances.
6. To use a template, click the template icon and select a template in the **Select Template** dialog.

   The entries from the template are applied.
7. Enter the **Title** and a **Description** of the risk or the chance.
8. Under **Possible Effects**, describe the specific effects.
9. For a risk, select the **Risk Category** from the selection list.
10. Click **Identifier** and select the person or organizational unit that discovered the risk or the chance.
11. Click **Responsible Person** and select the person who is responsible for the risk or the chance.
12. Assess the **Probability of Occurrence** and the **Extent of Impact** (for a risk) or the **Extent of Success** (for a chance) using the selection lists or, alternatively, using **Advanced Editing** in the assessment matrix.

    The priority of the risk or the chance is determined automatically based on the selected probability of occurrence and extent. The section **The Assessment Matrix** above shows how the matrix is structured.
13. Click **Record Risk** or **Record Chance**.

    Chances and risks are shown in the top left corner of the process or the process element as a **red icon** (risk) or as a **green icon** (chance).

See also: [Publishing a Risk Analysis](/en/risks/manage-risks-and-chances/publishing-risk-analysis)