Risk Matrix Template for PowerPoint & Google Slides

Description

This Risk Matrix template offers a clear, visually structured way to evaluate, categorize, and communicate potential risks across any project or organizational process. Designed with a smooth gradient color scheme—progressing from green to yellow, orange, and red—it allows teams to instantly interpret risk severity and likelihood. The layout emphasizes simplicity and clarity, ensuring that decision-makers can align on priorities quickly and confidently.

What’s Inside the Template

This two-slide template includes two variations of a classic 5×5 risk matrix. Each slide provides ample space to map key risks, assign numerical indicators, and add descriptive text. The left side of each slide features the matrix itself, while the right side includes editable sections for labeling risk categories, definitions, or recommended actions. Both matrix versions maintain a clean, professional structure suitable for reports, presentations, and executive briefings.

Key Features

• A fully editable 5×5 gradient risk matrix
• Clear numerical markers to support risk scoring
• Text areas for categorizing, describing, or contextualizing risks
• Professional, modern visual design optimized for readability
• Color-coded risk zones for quick interpretation
• Compatible with both PowerPoint and Google Slides, ensuring seamless integration into any workflow

Ideal For

This template is ideal for project managers, business analysts, risk managers, consultants, and leadership teams looking to communicate risk exposure with clarity. It also supports organizations conducting compliance reviews, risk assessments, strategic planning, or operational analysis.

Slide Highlights

• Matrix Visualization: A gradient background clearly differentiates low to high risk zones, making risk positioning visual and intuitive.
• Editable Zones: Each grid cell includes a numbered marker to help presenters logically group or reference risks.
• Side Panel Annotations: Colored bullet points allow you to explain risk levels, mitigation strategies, or decision guidelines without cluttering the matrix.
• Two Matrix Styles: One slide emphasizes a brighter gradient, while the second version offers deeper tones for contrast and executive-level presentation.

Compatibility & Formats

This template is fully compatible with Microsoft PowerPoint and Google Slides. All elements—shapes, colors, text, and markers—are customizable, allowing users to tailor the matrix to their specific risk framework or industry standards.