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AI Risk Prediction That Spots Project
Risks Before They Hit

TARO scans for overdue tasks, stalled workflows, velocity drops, and blocked dependencies, then surfaces risk drivers and fixes.

AI Risk
How it works

From a URL to a full prospect dossier in four steps

No forms. No manual research. No copy-paste into spreadsheets. Lio runs the entire discovery workflow for you.

1

Scan

Four risk signals scanned across every sprint, every day

TARO monitors four categories of project risk continuously, not at sprint end or when someone files a report. Every task state change, velocity shift, and new dependency updates the risk picture in real time.

2

Classify

Every risk scored by severity and deadline proximity

Not every overdue task is a crisis. TARO scores each risk on two axes how serious it is and how close to the deadline then sorts it into one of three tiers, so teams know which risks need attention now and which just need monitoring.

3

Recommend

Not just a warning. An exact action to take.

TARO doesn't stop at flagging a risk. It tells you the specific fix which task to unblock, who to reassign to, which scope item to defer with the reasoning shown. That's the difference between an alert and an action.

4

Track

Risks stay on the radar until they are actually resolved

Accepting a recommendation marks it in progress, but TARO keeps monitoring. If the blocker isn't resolved, severity escalates. If a stalled task sees no movement after reassignment, a follow-up alert fires.

  • Tracked until resolved
  • Auto escalates on inaction
  • Clears on resolution
Why Risk Prediction

Six reasons teams never go back

The difference between a risk that becomes an incident and one resolved cleanly is almost always timing. TARO buys your team the time to act.

Risks surface before they become incidents

Risks surface before they become incidents

A blocker flagged on day 2 gets fixed on day 3. One found the day before the deadline triggers an emergency. TARO eliminates the second scenario entirely.

Action recommendations, not just alerts

Action recommendations, not just alerts

Every risk comes with a specific recommended action not "there's a velocity problem" but exactly which tasks to defer, which blocker to escalate, and who to reassign to.

Four signals, one unified risk view

Four signals, one unified risk view

Overdue tasks, stalled workflows, velocity drops, and blocked dependencies are scanned together, not four separate reports to cross-reference.

Severity tiering means the right urgency every time

Severity tiering means the right urgency every time

Not every risk is a fire. TARO's severity scoring shows which need immediate attention, which need monitoring, and which to just log and move on.

Risks escalate automatically if ignored

Risks escalate automatically if ignored

An unresolved high-severity risk doesn't stay at high. TARO escalates it with rising urgency as the deadline nears, so nothing is acknowledged and forgotten.

Stalled workflows caught before anyone notices

Stalled workflows caught before anyone notices

Tasks can sit in In Progress untouched 48 hours. TARO flags every stall when it exceeds your threshold, before the standup nobody can explain it.

Who uses it
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800+

product teams

Built for every team where slipped sprints have consequences

Engineering leads, PMs, and scrum masters all use Risk Prediction for the same outcome: knowing about a problem while there's still time to act. The retrospective documents what happened; this prevents it.

4x

Earlier risk detection

78%

Fewer unplanned incidents

91%

Action recommendations acted on

0

Silent incidents

Engineering Leads

Why didn't anyone flag this? stops being asked in the retro.

Engineering leads open TARO's risk dashboard each morning to see what's moved since yesterday: new blockers, stalled tasks, velocity shifts. Standup confirms what TARO already flagged.

More from TARO

Risk prediction is just the start

TARO's intelligence covers the full delivery lifecycle from the moment a task is created to the day the sprint closes.

Completion Analysis

Predicts your project's actual completion date from velocity, blockers, and sprint history. Get predicted date, variance, and confidence before you commit.

Workload Distribution

Analyses team capacity and suggests exact reassignments to balance overloaded members surfacing who's at risk of becoming the bottleneck before they do.

Smart Task Creation

Type one sentence. TARO builds a fully structured task title, description, priority, due date, assignee in under 3 seconds. No forms, no context switching.

Sprint Planning

Create sprints, assign tasks, and manage backlog in one view with TARO's risk context baked in from day one so planning reflects reality, not optimism.

Questions & answers

Everything you need to know about Risk Prediction

Common questions from engineering leads, PMs, and scrum masters evaluating TARO's risk engine.

A task is stalled when no meaningful activity occurs within a configurable window the default is 48 hours for tasks In Progress, and 24 hours for tasks assigned and past due. Activity includes status changes, comments, file attachments, or checklist progress; viewing doesn't count TARO measures work, not presence. The threshold is set per workspace: fast sprints may use 12 hours, longer projects 72. Once passed, the task appears in the dashboard.
TARO builds a rolling velocity baseline from your team's completion rate over the last 3 sprints, weighted toward recent ones to account for team changes. It compares the current sprint's rate at each point against where the team should be on pace. A drop of 15% or more triggers Monitor; 25% triggers High; 35% combined with mid-sprint scope additions triggers Critical. Velocity is tracked per member too.
When a task is marked blocked, the risk engine immediately maps all downstream tasks depending on it and flags the whole chain. Severity depends on three factors: how many tasks wait on it, whether any are on the critical path to a deadline, and how long it's been blocked. A blocker with 3 dependents and a Friday deadline is Critical at once; one off the critical path with no dependents is Monitor.
Each recommendation comes from the specific data driving the risk, not a template. For a blocker, TARO checks whether the unblocking party was notified and how long ago, then recommends escalation if notice was over 24 hours ago with no response. For a velocity drop, it names the tasks added mid-sprint and which to defer. For a stall, it recommends reassignment or an extension based on the assignee's load.
Ignored risks don't disappear. Dismiss a risk without acting and it stays tracked in the background. If the condition worsens, severity escalates automatically and the risk reappears at the higher tier, noting it was dismissed. For Critical risks dismissed without a resolution, TARO follows up after 12 hours. You can mark a risk accepted with a reason, which removes it from the feed but keeps it in audit history.
Yes, workspace admins control every threshold driving TARO's risk classification: stall detection window (default 48h), velocity drop percentage per tier (default 15% Monitor, 25% High, 35% Critical), blocker age before escalation (default 24h), minimum downstream dependents to flag a blocker Critical (default 2), and scope creep threshold per sprint (default +4 tasks). Adjust them to flag what's risky for your team.
Taro · AI project management

Taro plans, tracks, and flags risks before they hit.

Keep every project on track with AI that spots slippage early and tells your team what to do next.

87%
on-time delivery
2.4x
team throughput
0
deadlines missed
35%
fewer status meetings
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