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You work as a project manager for BlueWell Inc. You are working with your team members on the risk responses in the project. Which risk response will likely cause a project to use the procurement…

The correct answer is D. Sharing. The 'Sharing' risk response involves partnering with a third party to capitalize on a positive risk (opportunity), which typically requires procurement processes to establish formal agreements.

Risk Management & Compliance

Question

You work as a project manager for BlueWell Inc. You are working with your team members on the risk responses in the project. Which risk response will likely cause a project to use the procurement processes?

Options

  • AMitigation
  • BAcceptance
  • CExploiting
  • DSharing

How the community answered

(52 responses)
  • A
    6% (3)
  • B
    4% (2)
  • C
    15% (8)
  • D
    75% (39)

Why each option

The 'Sharing' risk response involves partnering with a third party to capitalize on a positive risk (opportunity), which typically requires procurement processes to establish formal agreements.

AMitigation

Mitigation is a negative risk response that reduces the probability or impact of a threat; it does not typically require procurement of external partners.

BAcceptance

Acceptance is a risk response where the team acknowledges a risk and takes no proactive action, requiring no procurement activity.

CExploiting

Exploiting is a positive risk response that seeks to ensure the opportunity occurs, but it is typically handled internally without requiring formal procurement of an external party.

DSharingCorrect

Sharing is a positive risk response strategy where the project team partners with an external organization best positioned to capture the opportunity. This partnership requires formal agreements such as contracts or joint ventures, which invoke the project's procurement processes. The other positive risk responses - exploit and enhance - do not inherently require procurement.

Concept tested: Positive risk response strategies and procurement

Source: https://www.pmi.org/pmbok-guide-standards/foundational/pmbok

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