Presentation of RIAM Result

The RIAM Range Values

Conditions have been defined to produce a decision range covering +/- 5 with a zero value and these can be defined as follows:

Range ValueDescription of condition
EMajor positive change or impact
DSignificant positive change or impact
CModerate positive change or impact
BPositive change or impact
ASlight positive change or impact
NNo change or impact/status quo/not applicable
-ASlight negative change or impact
-BNegative change or impact
-CModerate negative change or impact
-DSignificant negative change or impact
-EMajor negative change or impact

The RIAM spreadsheet program (download link) provides a colour code for these conditions.

The RIAM results of each of the 4-Circles can also be considered together, especially when comparing development or mitigation options