Risk Maturity Benchmark user guide

The Risk Maturity Benchmark (RMB) is a free risk maturity self-assessment service available to all agencies and departments who are required to attest under the Victorian Government Risk Management Framework(opens in a new window). It’s an online tool you can access anytime, anywhere using a variety of devices including tablet, laptop, or mobile phone.

To help you get started, use this quick reference guide to learn how to:

complete a risk maturity self-assessment
- answer questions
- review results
- develop an action plan
- implement and update action plan
- view benchmarking via My Dashboard.
generate reports.

The RMB will help you to review, understand and improve your internal risk management systems and practices on an annual basis.
The RMB can be used as part of your annual continuous improvement cycle to:
- Assess how well your current risk management systems and practices are working for your agency.
- Find opportunities to improve your risk management practices.
- Compare your agency’s results from year to year.
- Benchmark your agency against similar agencies.
Log in to the Self-assessment Hub(opens in a new window).
From the Self-assessment Hub homepage, navigate to ‘Assessments’. There are two ways:
1. From the HOME tab, under ‘ACTIVE ASSESSMENTS’.
2. Click anywhere on the Assessment Tile and the campaign page will appear.
OR
1. From the tabs bar at the top of the window, click on ASSESSMENTS tab.
2. Click on the assessment name and the campaign page will appear.
1. Click on ‘Enter Assessment’ button.

Need help?

Answer self-assessment questions
Carry out three steps to complete a Risk Management Benchmark assessment.
Review results and benchmarking in the overview page
The Assessment Summary page will take you to your Executive Summary report
How to create actions from your improvement plans
The Improvement Plan shows a list of improvement opportunities based on your assessment results.

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Updated 3 June 2025