CAPM · Question #142
The project manager and the project team are having a meeting with the purpose of identifying risks. Which tools and techniques might help in this process?
The correct answer is A. Prompt lists and data analysis. The Identify Risks process uses specific tools including prompt lists and data analysis techniques. Risk audits and representations of uncertainty belong to other risk processes.
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- APrompt lists and data analysis
- BReports and representations of uncertainty
- CData analysis and risk audits
- DInterpersonal and team skills and project management information system
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(47 responses)- A94% (44)
- C4% (2)
- D2% (1)
Why each option
The Identify Risks process uses specific tools including prompt lists and data analysis techniques. Risk audits and representations of uncertainty belong to other risk processes.
Prompt lists are a structured tool used during Identify Risks to stimulate thinking about risk categories, while data analysis techniques such as root cause analysis, assumption analysis, and SWOT analysis are also explicitly listed as tools and techniques for the Identify Risks process in the PMBOK Guide.
Representations of uncertainty are a tool and technique of Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis, not Identify Risks.
Risk audits are a tool and technique of Monitor Risks, which occurs later in the project lifecycle, not during risk identification.
While interpersonal and team skills such as facilitation are used in Identify Risks, the Project Management Information System (PMIS) is not a primary tool for this process.
Concept tested: Identify Risks process tools and techniques
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