Workforce, Labor Standards & Skills Planning worked example

Retirement Risk Exposure with severity of losing this role's knowledge of 3 score: a worked example

This worked example runs the retirement risk exposure numbers for a tougher week than the baseline: severity of losing this role's knowledge of 3 score instead of the typical 6 score. Estimate retirement risk exposure for workforce, labor standards and skills planning 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 of losing this role's knowledge (1-10): 3 score (the input this scenario stresses; the baseline uses 6)
  • Likelihood of retirement within planning horizon (1-10): 4 score (held at the documented default)
  • Difficulty detecting the gap before departure (1-10): 3 score (held at the documented default)

Working through the calculation

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

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where severity of losing this role's knowledge 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 during annual workforce planning, before a known retirement window, or when building a succession matrix across multiple skilled roles. 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

  • Retirement risk exposure risk score: 3.35 score (headline result)
  • Retirement risk exposure severity score: 3 score
  • Retirement risk exposure occurrence score: 4 score
  • Retirement risk exposure detection score: 3 score

Run it with your numbers

  • To rerun this with your own numbers, open the live Retirement Risk Exposure calculator, set severity of losing this role's knowledge to your actual value, and adjust the remaining inputs to match your operation.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.