CAP · Question #154
You are the project manager of the BlueStar project in your company. Your company is structured as a functional organization and you report to the functional manager that you are ready to move onto…
The correct answer is A. You will need the risk register, risk management plan, project scope statement, and any. The standard inputs for qualitative risk analysis are the risk register, risk management plan, project scope statement, and organizational process assets or enterprise environmental factors.
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You are the project manager of the BlueStar project in your company. Your company is structured as a functional organization and you report to the functional manager that you are ready to move onto the qualitative risk analysis process. What will you need as inputs for the qualitative risk analysis of the project in this scenario?
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- AYou will need the risk register, risk management plan, project scope statement, and any
- BYou will need the risk register, risk management plan, outputs of qualitative risk analysis, and
- CYou will need the risk register, risk management plan, permission from the functional
- DQualitative risk analysis does not happen through the project manager in a functional struc
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(41 responses)- A90% (37)
- B5% (2)
- C2% (1)
- D2% (1)
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The standard inputs for qualitative risk analysis are the risk register, risk management plan, project scope statement, and organizational process assets or enterprise environmental factors.
PMBOK defines the inputs to qualitative risk analysis as the risk register (listing identified risks), the risk management plan (defining methodology and thresholds), the project scope statement (providing context for assessing probability and impact), and organizational process assets and enterprise environmental factors that supply historical data and industry benchmarks for analysis.
Outputs of qualitative risk analysis cannot serve as inputs to that same process; this creates a circular dependency that is not recognized in any project management framework.
Permission from a functional manager is not a defined input to qualitative risk analysis in PMBOK; organizational constraints do not replace formal process inputs.
Qualitative risk analysis is a standard project management process that occurs regardless of organizational structure; a functional organization still requires formal risk analysis.
Concept tested: Inputs to qualitative risk analysis process - PMBOK
Source: https://www.pmi.org/pmbok-guide-standards/foundational/pmbok
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