The biggest mistake you can make when using a risk assessment tool is to overcomplicate the grading scale. Comprehensive approach can be beneficial but beware of the downsides. The last thing you want to get from the team meeting is lack of agreement, slow progress and lengthy discussions.

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Less is more

With that in mind, you may want to look into the simplification of the grading scale used for FMEA or any other risk assessment technique.

Here is a simple comparison between two grading scales used for assessing the severity of the effects of failures in the FMEA.

Which one would work better for you? Please share your view in the comments below.

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