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When to split a risk
You can split almost any risk; the question is whether you need to. Two signals say yes: when a single score can no longer tell both stories, and when the risk needs two separate conversations. The test is not whether it can be divided, but whether you can still justify keeping it as one.
What you'll learn
You can split almost any risk, so the real question is whether you need to. This video covers the two signals that tell you a single risk has quietly become two, and the test for keeping it as one.
- A manager’s working set is realistically ten to twenty risks — more is not better.
- Resist "could I split this?" — ask "do I need to?"
- Split when a single score can no longer tell both stories.
- Split when the risk needs two separate stakeholder conversations.