You are the project manager of the GHY Project for your company. You have completed the risk response planning with your project team. You now need to update the WBS. Why would the project manager…

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Options

• ABecause of risks associated with work packages
• BBecause of work that was omitted during the WBS creation
• CBecause of risk responses that are now activities
• DBecause of new work generated by the risk responses

• A
  5% (2)
• B
  3% (1)
• C
  3% (1)
• D
  90% (36)

Explanation

Risk response planning often results in specific actions that must be taken to avoid, mitigate, transfer, or accept identified risks. These actions become new work packages or activities that were not part of the original project scope. Since the WBS (Work Breakdown Structure) is the hierarchical decomposition of all project work, any new work generated by risk responses must be added to the WBS to ensure it is properly scheduled, resourced, and tracked. Option C (risk responses that are now activities) is close but less precise - the root cause is the new work created, not just the reclassification of responses. Option B (omitted work) refers to a scope gap, not risk response. Option A (risks associated with work packages) describes risk identification, not the reason for WBS updates post-response planning.

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