A business analyst (BA) plans to hold a workshop next week to elicit requirements for a project. In an informal conversation, another employee mentioned that one of the attendees is likely to be…

An Elicitation Activity Plan documents the logistics and approach for the elicitation session but does not provide a framework for identifying or mitigating the specific risk posed by a disruptive participant.

Collaborative Games are facilitation techniques used within workshops to encourage engagement and creative participation, not a tool for pre-emptively managing stakeholder conflict before the session.

A Stakeholder List is a documentation artifact that identifies who the stakeholders are but provides no analytical mechanism for assessing or managing the risk of disruption they may pose.

Risk Analysis and Management allows the BA to formally identify the stakeholder's dissatisfaction as a risk to the elicitation activity, assess its likelihood and impact, and plan specific mitigation actions - such as a pre-workshop conversation or adjusted facilitation tactics - before the session occurs. Treating the situation as a managed risk rather than an ad hoc problem ensures that countermeasures are in place before the workshop begins. This technique is recognized in BABOK as applicable during elicitation planning to safeguard the quality and outcomes of requirements activities.