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You are the business analyst for your organization and working with the stakeholders to prioritize the requirements. The stakeholders are concerned about the financial impact of the requirements…

The correct answer is A. Mitigation. The three categories of stakeholder risk tolerance are risk-aversion, risk-seeking, and neutrality; mitigation is a risk response strategy, not a tolerance classification.

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Question

You are the business analyst for your organization and working with the stakeholders to prioritize the requirements. The stakeholders are concerned about the financial impact of the requirements should some of them fail during the implementation. You would like to rank the risk tolerance of the stakeholders based on their comments about the solution and the requirements. The following are the three categories of risk tolerance associated with the stakeholders except for which one?

Options

  • AMitigation
  • BRisk-aversion
  • CRisk-seeking
  • DNeutrality

How the community answered

(44 responses)
  • A
    77% (34)
  • B
    7% (3)
  • C
    5% (2)
  • D
    11% (5)

Why each option

The three categories of stakeholder risk tolerance are risk-aversion, risk-seeking, and neutrality; mitigation is a risk response strategy, not a tolerance classification.

AMitigationCorrect

Mitigation is a risk response strategy used to reduce the probability or impact of a negative risk event, and it does not describe how a stakeholder personally tolerates uncertainty. The three recognized risk tolerance categories are risk-aversion (preference to avoid risk), risk-seeking (willingness to accept risk for potential gain), and neutrality (indifference between higher and lower risk options).

BRisk-aversion

Risk-aversion is a valid risk tolerance category describing stakeholders who strongly prefer to minimize exposure to uncertainty and potential loss.

CRisk-seeking

Risk-seeking is a valid risk tolerance category describing stakeholders who are willing to accept higher levels of risk in pursuit of potentially greater rewards.

DNeutrality

Neutrality is a valid risk tolerance category describing stakeholders who have no strong preference between riskier and safer options.

Concept tested: Stakeholder risk tolerance categories in requirements prioritization

Source: https://www.iiba.org/standards-and-resources/babok/

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#risk tolerance#risk-aversion#risk-seeking#requirements prioritization

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