# Risk Matrix AI Prompt and Guide

Compare likelihood and impact consistently while documenting controls, uncertainty and treatment decisions.

Canonical page: https://mtfinstitute.com/tools/ai-business-prompts/risk-matrix-ai-prompt/
Category: Risk

## Core components
- Risk statement
- Likelihood
- Impact
- Controls
- Treatment and owner

## Prompt template

Build a risk assessment for [scope]. Write each risk as cause-event-effect, define likelihood and impact scales before scoring, document existing controls and control evidence, estimate residual risk and assign owner, treatment, due date and leading indicators. Flag uncertainty rather than inventing precision.

## Practical uses
- Build a risk register
- Prioritize project risk
- Review operational controls

Related learning: https://mtfinstitute.com/programs/risk-management/

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