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AWS wellarchitected documentation change

Service: wellarchitected · 2025-10-16 · Documentation low

File: wellarchitected/latest/userguide/identify-and-understand-risks.md

Summary

Removed version update notice and reformatted risk assessment methods into bullet points

Security assessment

Formatting improvements and removal of temporal content. No security-related changes to risk assessment methodology.

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-We have released a new version of the Well-Architected Framework. We also added new and updated lenses to the [Lens Catalog](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/wellarchitected/latest/userguide/lens-catalog.html). [Learn more](https://aws.amazon.com/architecture/well-architected/) about the changes. 
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@@ -38 +36,8 @@ To effectively manage a risk, it's critical to define the risk and its acceptabl
-There are two primary methods to conduct a risk assessment: - **Quantitative:** Uses weighted objective data to assess the impact of a risk in terms of cost overrun, resource consumption, and schedule delays. - **Qualitative:** Uses subjective data not tied to the actual values of the cost or benefits to measure the probability and the overall impact. 
+There are two primary methods to conduct a risk assessment: 
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+  * **Quantitative:** Uses weighted objective data to assess the impact of a risk in terms of cost overrun, resource consumption, and schedule delays. 
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+  * **Qualitative:** Uses subjective data not tied to the actual values of the cost or benefits to measure the probability and the overall impact. 
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