Manufacturing Project Portfolio & Capex worked example

Capital Request Score with severity if the capital need is unmet of 3 score: a worked example

This worked example runs the capital request score numbers for a tougher week than the baseline: severity if the capital need is unmet of 3 score instead of the typical 6 score. Estimate capital request for manufacturing project portfolio and capex using production-ready inputs so teams can rank risks and decide which issue needs containment, controls, or escalation first.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Severity if the capital need is unmet: 3 score (the input this scenario stresses; the baseline uses 6)
  • Likelihood the risk occurs: 4 score (held at the documented default)
  • Detectability before impact: 3 score (held at the documented default)

Working through the calculation

  • The calculation starts from the formula this tool documents: Capital request risk score = capital request severity score × capital request occurrence score × capital request detection score.
  • Capital request risk score works out to 3.35 score at these inputs, and this is the headline figure for the scenario.
  • Capital request severity score works out to 3 score at these inputs.
  • Capital request occurrence score works out to 4 score at these inputs.
  • Capital request detection score works out to 3 score at these inputs.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where severity if the capital need is unmet sits at 6 score and the headline result is 4.55 score, this scenario comes in 26.37% below the baseline at 3.35 score.
  • Use it to triage and rank competing capital requests by risk when budget can't fund everything in the queue. A result at this level usually justifies acting on the stressed input before touching anything else, because every other figure in the table is downstream of it.

Results at a glance

  • Capital request risk score: 3.35 score (headline result)
  • Capital request severity score: 3 score
  • Capital request occurrence score: 4 score
  • Capital request detection score: 3 score

Run it with your numbers

  • To rerun this with your own numbers, open the live Capital Request Score calculator, set severity if the capital need is unmet to your actual value, and adjust the remaining inputs to match your operation.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.