Risk matrix calculator

Which of your farm risks deserve attention first.

Scored by probability × impact, one to five each.

Your risk matrix

Add risks with a probability and an impact to see the matrix and the ranked list here.

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Your ranked risk list, what each band means, the treatment plan by level, the method caveat and the sources, in a report designed to keep and print. Leave your email and download it now.

ArticleUnderstand how to read the matrixWhat each rating means, why the highest comes first, where the matrix fools you, and what to do with each band. With a real example and sources.Read the full article

Risk matrix report

Your risks

Priority

Treatment plan by band

The band sets the pace. Every critical and high risk needs a treatment with an owner and a date.

What the risk matrix is

It is a way to order a farm’s risks by two ratings: how likely each one is and how much it would cost, one to five. The score is the product of the two, one to twenty-five, and the highest comes first. It ranks the conversation; the treatment, with an owner and a date, is what closes the loop.

Understand the method in full

The full article shows what each rating means, where the matrix fools you, and what to do with each band.

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How to read it

The matrix orders the conversation, it does not decide for you. Two risks of opposite natures can share a score, and a rare, heavy risk can deserve more than its score suggests.

The sources

Every farm carries more risks than it can treat at once. Give each one a probability and an impact rating, one to five, and see right away which ones deserve attention first, on the matrix and the ranked list.

Rate each risk one to five for how likely it is and one to five for how much it would cost, multiply, and a score of one to twenty-five falls out. Only four of the twenty-five cells reach critical, where a probable event meets a heavy one, with the tool cutting the bands at one to four low, five to nine medium, ten to fifteen high and sixteen to twenty-five critical.

The rule is the one the NIST guide states, that a risk level is a combination of likelihood and impact, and the cuts are set so a smaller score never wears a worse color than a larger one. The order the scores produce is the whole output: the matrix says which risk to work on before the rest, not how to treat it.