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Risk register generation

Draft a structured risk register from a plan, event, or new service — likelihood, impact, mitigation, owner.

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## Why it works\nStructured columns + forced justification turns a woolly list into something a leadership team can actually challenge.\n\n## Structure\n1. Fix the categories upfront so nothing falls through.\n2. Require a one-line reason with every rating.\n3. Sort by exposure.\n4. Attribute owners by role, not person (protects the register from staff turnover).\n\n## Pair with\nRun a red-team pass on the top 3 rows before signing it off.

Example prompt

From the plan below, produce a risk register with columns: Risk | Category (safeguarding, financial, reputational, operational, digital) | Likelihood (1-5, one-line reason) | Impact (1-5, one-line reason) | Mitigation | Contingency | Owner role (not name). Sort by likelihood x impact, highest first. Plan: <<<>>>
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