Risk-Matrix Canvas

Every project has risks, but most risk lists are endless tables no one reads. A risk matrix turns them into a picture: a grid of likelihood and impact where every risk gets a place. Whatever lands top right is red and needs attention. Whatever sits bottom left can wait. This single graphic says more than three pages of text.

The tool works with the classic 5x5 grid. For each risk you choose an impact from very low to very high and a likelihood on the same scale. The two together give the position in the grid and automatically a color from green through yellow to red. You can also drag and drop risks and adjust the rating directly.

Every risk is more than a dot. You add a name and description, assign it to a category - operational, financial, strategic, compliance, IT and cyber or personnel - and give it an owner. For steering you enter a mitigation and set the status to open, in progress, mitigated or accepted. That turns the matrix into a real management tool.

You can switch freely between matrix, table and split view. The matrix is for presenting, the table for detail work, the split view for both at once. So you prepare your risks once and use them in every context.

When it comes to communication, you export the whole thing as a PDF for the documentation or as a PowerPoint slide for the steering meeting. No retyping, no rebuilding in another program - the finished matrix lands straight in your materials.

Your work is saved locally in your browser every two seconds so nothing gets lost. Everything runs purely client-side: no risk, no rating, no project name is sent to a server. Especially with sensitive risk data, that is the decisive difference.