Framework and guidance
Plain Risk
Plain Risk is an approach to understanding, describing and managing risk.
It helps people explain what is at stake, what they know, what remains uncertain and what they are prepared to accept.
For anyone interested in understanding risks and the decisions made about them.
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The framework
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The approach
Purpose, method, applications and limitations of Plain Risk.
Key concepts
Definitions and sentence patterns for describing and examining risk.
Connections
How causes, consequences, exposure, harm and responses to risk relate.
The structure of risk
A core model connecting circumstances, possible developments, those affected and possible harm.
Plain Risk in practice