Which action is the recommended way to mitigate or minimize risks?

Question

Options

• AAssign the most experienced resource to a single risk item.
• BAdd customer IT personnel to the project team so that they can bear responsibilities along
• CRate the priority and potential impact from risks and assign resources accordingly.
• DInclude more capabilities in the solution to reduce risks without concern about the cost or

• A
  5% (3)
• B
  3% (2)
• C
  81% (47)
• D
  10% (6)

Explanation

Prioritizing risks by their likelihood and potential impact, then allocating resources based on that prioritization, is the foundation of effective risk management - it ensures limited resources address the most critical threats first rather than being spread thin or misallocated.

Why the distractors fail:

• A concentrates your best resource on one item, leaving other risks potentially unaddressed and creating a single point of dependency.
• B shifts accountability to the customer rather than managing the risk; adding people doesn't mitigate risk, it just redistributes blame.
• D describes uncontrolled scope creep - adding features without cost consideration creates new risks rather than reducing them.

Memory tip: Think of risk mitigation like triage in an emergency room - you don't assign your best doctor to one patient and ignore the rest; you assess severity and allocate staff where the impact is highest. "Rate, then allocate" = option C.

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