Capabilities Inventory and Attributes - Risk Attributes for the Capabilities Inventory

Capabilities Inventory and Attributes

Risk Attributes for the Capabilities Inventory

Risk attributes capture the known risk profile of each Capability — the likelihood and impact of capability failure or underperformance.

Attribute Name	Maturity	Description and Notes
Assessed Risk	Crawl	Description — The practitioner’s overall assessment of the risk associated with this Capability. Benefit(s) — Surfaces high-risk capabilities for priority attention in governance reviews and investment decisions. Source — Manual Examples — Very High, High, Medium, Low, Very Low Notes — Valid values: Very High │ High │ Medium │ Low │ Very Low. Assessed annually.
Key Risk Factors [Multi-Value]	Walk	Description — The specific factors driving the Assessed Risk rating. Benefit(s) — Translates the overall risk rating into actionable intelligence for mitigation planning. Source — Manual Examples — Single vendor dependency; Key person dependency; Legacy technology with no vendor support; Regulatory change exposure Notes — Separate multiple risk factors with semicolons.
Risk Trend	Run	Description — The direction of travel of the risk profile of this Capability over the past review period. Benefit(s) — Enables early warning of deteriorating capability risk. Source — Manual Examples — Improving, Stable, Deteriorating