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Using Abacus, we applied the "Average" function to create formulas for the following subgroups:
Overall Likelihood formula averages the 4 Threat Agent Factors and the 4 Vulnerability Factors
Overall Technical Impact formula averages the 4 Technical Impact Factors
Overall Business Impact formula averages the 4 Business Impact Factors
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Next, an Execution Plan named "Severity" was created to determine when and how the formulas would run. The Issue Events "Issue Created" and "Issue Updated" were selected to trigger the formulas. Now, whenever an issue is created or updated, the formulas will run automatically.
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Finally, Execution Groups were used to Edit Issue Fields with the Impact Levels for each of the average Risk Ratings. Three Group tabs were created for the following factor subgroups: Overall Likelihood (displayed below), Overall Technical Impact, and Overall Business Impact. Using IF and ELSE IF statements using JQL, we were able to edit the fields with the corresponding Impact Level.
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