CAP · Question #361
Joan is a project management consultant and she has been hired by a firm to help them identify risk events within the project. Joan would first like to examine the project documents including the plan
The correct answer is D. Lack of consistency between the plans and the project requirements and assumptions can be. During the Documentation Review technique of risk identification, the primary signal that reveals risks is a lack of consistency between the project plans, requirements, and assumptions. When these elements contradict or are misaligned with each other, it exposes gaps, ambiguitie
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Joan is a project management consultant and she has been hired by a firm to help them identify risk events within the project. Joan would first like to examine the project documents including the plans, assumptions lists, project files, and contracts. What key thing will help Joan to discover risks within the review of the project documents?
Options
- AThe project documents will help the project manager, or Joan, to identify what risk
- BPlans that have loose definitions of terms and disconnected approaches will reveal risks.
- CPoorly written requirements will reveal inconsistencies in the project plans and documents.
- DLack of consistency between the plans and the project requirements and assumptions can be
How the community answered
(49 responses)- A12% (6)
- B4% (2)
- C6% (3)
- D78% (38)
Explanation
During the Documentation Review technique of risk identification, the primary signal that reveals risks is a lack of consistency between the project plans, requirements, and assumptions. When these elements contradict or are misaligned with each other, it exposes gaps, ambiguities, and potential failure points that represent real project risks. Option B and C describe symptoms of poor documentation, but the root cause that surfaces risks is the inconsistency between the various planning artifacts. Option A is too vague and incomplete as stated.
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