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Risks

A risk is a potential accessibility concern that has been identified but has not yet been confirmed as a problem. Risks are tracked per product and can be escalated into issues when they materialize.

Creating a risk

Section titled “Creating a risk”

Any member can create risks.

  1. Open a product and go to the Risks tab.

  2. Click New risk.

  3. Fill in the fields:

    Field Description
    Title Short description of the risk.
    Description Full context.
    Likelihood High, Medium, or Low.
    Impact High, Medium, or Low.
    Mitigation Steps being taken to prevent this risk from materializing.
    Status Identified, Mitigated, Materialized, or Aged out. Defaults to Identified.
    Areas Optional: one or more areas this risk relates to.

  4. Click Create.

Risk statuses

Section titled “Risk statuses”
Status Meaning
Identified The risk has been noted and is being monitored.
Mitigated Action has been taken to reduce or eliminate the risk.
Materialized The risk became an actual issue (see below).
Aged out The risk is no longer relevant and was closed without materializing.

Materializing a risk into an issue

Section titled “Materializing a risk into an issue”

When a risk becomes a confirmed accessibility problem, you can materialize it into an issue in one step.

  1. Open the risk.
  2. Click Materialize into issue.

Ablebase creates an issue from the risk’s title, description, and impact, links the two together, and updates the risk’s status to Materialized. If the risk has already been materialized, this action returns the existing issue rather than creating a duplicate.

Linking functional needs

Section titled “Linking functional needs”

On a risk’s Edit dialog, use the Affected people picker to tag the risk with one or more functional needs. Select any number from the dropdown, then save; this replaces the full set of linked needs. Linked needs appear as badges on the risk’s detail view. Any member can link them.

Bulk operations

Section titled “Bulk operations”

Select multiple risks using the checkboxes to perform bulk actions:

Action Who can do it
Update status, likelihood, or impact Any member
Delete Admins and owners only

Up to 100 risks can be selected at once.

Organization-level risks list

Section titled “Organization-level risks list”

The Risks item in the main sidebar shows all risks across every product in the organization.

Insights

Section titled “Insights”

The Insights view shows aggregated breakdowns of your risks by status, likelihood, impact, and product.