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Billy is the project manager of the HAR Project and is in month six of the project. The project is scheduled to last for 18 months. Management asks Billy how often the project team is participating in

The correct answer is D. At every status meeting the project team project risk management is an agenda item.. According to best practices, project risk management, including risk reassessment, should be a continuous activity throughout a project's lifecycle.

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Question

Billy is the project manager of the HAR Project and is in month six of the project. The project is scheduled to last for 18 months. Management asks Billy how often the project team is participating in risk reassessment in this project. What should Billy tell management if he's following the best practices for risk management?

Options

  • AProject risk management happens at every milestone.
  • BProject risk management has been concluded with the project planning.
  • CProject risk management is scheduled for every month in the 18-month project.
  • DAt every status meeting the project team project risk management is an agenda item.

How the community answered

(47 responses)
  • A
    2% (1)
  • B
    4% (2)
  • D
    94% (44)

Why each option

According to best practices, project risk management, including risk reassessment, should be a continuous activity throughout a project's lifecycle.

AProject risk management happens at every milestone.

While milestones are important review points, limiting risk management to only milestones might miss emerging risks between those periods.

BProject risk management has been concluded with the project planning.

Risk management is an ongoing process throughout the entire project lifecycle, not something concluded only during project planning.

CProject risk management is scheduled for every month in the 18-month project.

Scheduling risk management for every month is better than milestones but still not as continuous as making it a standard item at every status meeting, which might occur more frequently.

DAt every status meeting the project team project risk management is an agenda item.Correct

Best practices for risk management advocate for continuous monitoring and reassessment of risks. Integrating risk management as a regular agenda item in every status meeting ensures that risks are consistently reviewed, new risks are identified, and existing risk responses are evaluated, making it an ongoing process rather than a discrete event.

Concept tested: Continuous project risk management

Source: https://www.pmi.org/learning/library/project-risk-management-strategies-techniques-6269

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#Risk management#Project management#Continuous risk management#Risk reassessment

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