Manufacturing Project Portfolio & Capex worked example

Project Ranking Score with project impact severity of 15 score: a worked example

This scenario runs the project ranking score calculation on the strong side: project impact severity of 15 score, with every other input held at its documented default. Use it when project ranking in manufacturing project portfolio and capex needs a defensible ranking against other manufacturing project portfolio and capex risks for the next review.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Project impact severity (1-10): 15 score (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 6)
  • Likelihood the risk occurs (1-10): 4 score (unchanged)
  • Difficulty of detecting it early (1-10): 3 score (unchanged)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Project ranking risk score = project ranking severity score × project ranking occurrence score × project ranking detection score) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 8.15 score for project ranking risk score, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 15 score for project ranking severity score.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 4 score for project ranking occurrence score.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 3 score for project ranking detection score.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where project impact severity sits at 6 score and the headline result is 4.55 score, this scenario comes in 79.12% above the baseline at 8.15 score.
  • Use it when ranking a backlog of projects or risks against each other and you need a defensible, repeatable ordering rather than subjective debate. Treat this as a target state: the delta against the baseline quantifies what the improvement is worth before you commit to chasing it.

Results at a glance

  • Project ranking risk score: 8.15 score (headline result)
  • Project ranking severity score: 15 score
  • Project ranking occurrence score: 4 score
  • Project ranking detection score: 3 score

Run it with your numbers

  • Every input above is editable in the live Project Ranking Score calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.