Risk & Dependency Mapper — know where the project is exposed.
A risk register tells you what might go wrong. A dependency map tells you how far the damage travels. This tool holds both in one structured view — every risk scored by likelihood and impact, every workstream linked to the ones it can pull down.
What it does.
The Risk & Dependency Mapper turns scattered risk talk into one structured register. Each risk gets a title, category, owner, mitigation, and status; likelihood and impact are rated 1–5 and multiplied into an exposure score from 1 to 25. Scores of 1–4 are low, 5–12 medium, and anything above 12 is high — the web tool plots every open risk on a 5×5 heatmap so the hot corner is impossible to ignore.
The second half maps the joints. You define workstreams, then log the dependencies between them — finish-to-start, start-to-start, or finish-to-finish — graded critical, important, or low. The web tool draws the network and traces the critical path; the workbook counts every critical link on its dashboard. Risks tag to workstreams, so exposure follows the work.
Inside the free edition.
- Interactive web tool — risk register, live 5×5 heatmap, and a dependency diagram with critical-path tracing, all in your browser, nothing sent to a server.
- Dynamic Excel workbook — a structured register for up to 15 risks with dropdowns, automatic exposure scoring, and RAG formatting on every score.
- Workstream and dependency log — six workstreams and ten typed, criticality-graded dependencies, with risks linked to the work they threaten.
- A live dashboard — open exposure profile, category breakdown, critical dependency count, and an honest overall reading.
- Works in Microsoft Excel, Google Sheets, and LibreOffice Calc.
Free edition vs full instrument.
| Free edition | With stomwerk projekt | |
|---|---|---|
| Register capacity | Single register, up to 15 risks | Unlimited risks across programme-level registers with roll-up |
| Scoring | Fixed 5×5 matrix, generic thresholds | Calibrated impact scales per project — cost, schedule, safety, reputation |
| Dependencies | 6 workstreams, 10 links | Full network with critical-path analysis and interface registers |
| Analysis | Qualitative exposure scoring | Quantitative schedule and cost risk analysis (QSRA / QCRA) and reserve sizing |
| Facilitation | Self-serve | Facilitated risk workshops |
| Price | Free | Engagement |
Questions, answered.
What is a risk and dependency map?
A single structured view of two things that decide a project’s fate: the risks that threaten it, scored by likelihood and impact, and the dependencies between workstreams where one slip cascades into the next. The free edition combines a risk register with exposure scoring, a 5×5 heatmap, and a workstream dependency network with typed, criticality-graded links.
How is the exposure score calculated?
Exposure is likelihood multiplied by impact, each rated 1–5, giving a score from 1 to 25. Scores of 1–4 are low exposure, 5–12 are medium and need an owner with an active mitigation, and anything above 12 is high exposure and needs action this week.
Is the Risk & Dependency Mapper really free?
It will be. The free edition launches without a sign-up wall once final release checks are complete. Until then, preview it here and register interest via the contact form — we will send it the moment it ships. The full instrument remains part of a stomwerk engagement.
Does the workbook work in Google Sheets and LibreOffice?
Yes. It uses standard formulas, dropdown validation, and conditional formatting that behave identically in Excel, Google Sheets, and LibreOffice Calc.