ABSTRACT
In this chapter, the authors explain ingredients of risk assessment teased apart to help illuminate the arguments and techniques that will help to assure the production of quality documents. They discuss ideas on using the right language and the importance of establishing context. The authors also explain generic and localised risk assessment. They also discuss the meaning of suitable, sufficient and adequate and how they relate to the production of quality risk assessments. The authors explore the concept of likelihood and when the content of a risk assessment is mature enough to only need maintenance rather than the needless adding of more controls at each and every risk review. The discipline of language is therefore vitally important when risk is reported between departments or management levels, particularly when describing hazard or the likelihood of incidents occurring.
