To reach a consensus on risk levels in business architecture, focus on aligning the team by facilitating open discussions considering qualitative and quantitative risk assessments. Use data-driven insights, stakeholder input, and the organization's strategic objectives to prioritize risks. Encourage collaboration and ensure all perspectives are considered, but ultimately, tie decisions back to business outcomes and value delivery to guide consensus.

Comunicación clara y efectiva: Usa un lenguaje común y fomenta la comunicación abierta. Evaluación objetiva: Define criterios claros, utiliza herramientas y analiza escenarios. Plan de mitigación: Desarrolla acciones concretas, asigna responsabilidades y monitorea continuamente. Recuerda: El consenso no siempre es unánime y la gestión de riesgos es un proceso continuo. Empieza por lo básico: Define qué se entiende por riesgo en el contexto del proyecto. Prioriza los riesgos: No todos los riesgos tienen el mismo impacto. Involucra a todos los stakeholders: Asegúrate de que todos estén alineados con la gestión de riesgos. Sé flexible: Los riesgos pueden cambiar, por lo que el plan debe ser adaptable.

First of all: do we need a consensus? Why the provocation? It’s because more and more leaders wants to « be nice » and not act as leaders. Some decisions have to be made looking the broad perspective (which sometimes the team doesn’t have) and business goals and strategy. That call is leadership-mandate. Hear the specialists, talk to the team and take your decision based on the facts you have at hand - that’s what leadership is all about. We must also consider, that we’re all professionals and if my opinion was not adopted (no consensus on it), life goes on and I’ve to work in my best to follow my tasks and get the job done. If we can build consensus before implementing, fine. Otherwise is to bring all together after. Business first

Rather than consensus, clearly agreed and understood accountability and ownership can help with decision making. Depending on the nature of the initiative, strategic importance, risk - agility of the decision process could be more important than consensus.

En la arquitectura empresarial, las opiniones sobre el riesgo pueden variar. Para llegar a un consenso, es clave escuchar a todos y que compartan sus preocupaciones. Esto enriquece la conversación y ayuda a tomar mejores decisiones. Apoyarse en datos objetivos y establecer criterios claros para evaluar el riesgo facilita la discusión y evita decisiones impulsadas por emociones. Es importante definir la tolerancia al riesgo de la organización y alinear las decisiones con los objetivos estratégicos. Además, estar abiertos a ajustes constantes es fundamental, ya que la arquitectura empresarial evoluciona y las decisiones pueden necesitar cambios a medida que surja nueva información.

I understand that firstly it is necessary to level the concept of risk within your team, as each person has a very particular view about this topic. Based on a common understanding, the next step is to explore how each member would act to mitigate the risk and next, promote a debate so that each of the viewpoints presented could be explored and, as a result, reach a consensus view within the team.