‘Risk’ is nothing but a problem or something that can be predicted earlier so that some improvement plans are used to handle them. Whereas an ‘Issue’ means the risk that had happened or occurred.

The role of a BA is not to solve the issue instead should suggest some plans to control the loss/damage caused. And this should be marked as a precautionary measure for other projects.

Example: On some roads, there are few caution boards stating that “Road under repair, take diversion”. This is called as Risk.

If we travel through the same route which is under repair, then there caused some damage to the vehicle. This is called as an issue.