Risk conditions and calculation

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title: Risk conditions and calculation
description: Change Management features provide ways to calculate and assess the risk of change requests, and to identify and resolve conflicts.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/it-service-management/change-management/change-risk-assess-detect-conflict.html
release: australia
product: Change Management
classification: change-management
topic_type: concept
last_updated: "2026-09-10"
reading_time_minutes: 1
breadcrumb: [Analyze change request risk and impact, Reference, Change Management, IT Service Management]
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# Risk conditions and calculation

Change Management features provide ways to calculate and assess the risk of change requests, and to identify and resolve conflicts.

Risk assessment and calculation help you understand the urgency and impact of change requests. [Conflict detection](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-service-management/change-management/c_ConflictDetection.md) helps you schedule change requests with the least impact on stakeholders. These features minimize the risk and cost of rapid changes in your environment.

-   **[Risk Calculator property](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-service-management/change-management/r_ChangeRiskCalculator.md)**  
The Change Management - Change Risk Calculator plugin enables dynamic calculations of the risk and impact of a change. The administrator specifies how and when risk and impact rules are applied.
-   **[Add or modify risk and impact conditions](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-service-management/change-management/define-risk-and-impact-conditions.md)**  
Define the risk calculation rules that determine the risk and impact of a change. The Change Management - Change Risk Calculator plugin is active by default in the base system.

**Parent Topic:**[Analyze change request risk and impact](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-service-management/change-management/change-risk-conflict-analysis.md)