リスクアセスメントRisk assessment

Learn in the textbookThe Risk Assessment Process

DefinitionRisk assessment (リスクアセスメント) is a series of activities that runs three steps in order, risk identification, risk analysis and risk evaluation, to reveal which risks need treatment and in what priority.

ExplanationRisk assessment is the stage within risk management (リスクマネジメント), the organization's whole activity from examining risks to acting on them, where risks are examined before any action is taken. Its result shows which risks need treatment and which to tackle first.

AnalogyIt is like a home inspector who finds cracks and leaks, measures how bad each one is, and checks them against repair guidelines to report which ones are urgent.

Learn in the textbookManagement Cycles and Business Continuity

DefinitionRisk assessment (リスクアセスメント) is the series of steps that identifies the risks (リスク) threatening a business, estimates how likely each is and how big its impact would be, and decides the priority of responses.

ExplanationJIS Q 31000:2019, for example, treats it as a process of three stages: risk identification (特定), analysis (分析), and evaluation (評価). The evaluation results lead to choosing a response, such as avoiding, reducing, transferring the risk to others, or accepting it.

AnalogyIt is like listing the trouble you might run into before a trip, ranking it by how likely and how bad each would be, and deciding which to prepare for first.

Memory hook"Assessment" means appraisal. Read it as the work of putting a price tag on risk.