A common use case is to have one risk team responsible for risk managment. This is a step-by-step guide how to configure Jira and the Risk Register for this team without any other beeing exposed to risk management. This whitepaper can also be a good starting point introducing risk managment before scaling.
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3. Configure the Jira project to use the Jira risk issue type (Jira admin)
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4. Create a project risk register in the add-on
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