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ISEB-SWTINT1 · Question #53

Scenario 2 Your organisation is a large media services corporation (MSC). MSC uses Agile development, within a Scrum framework. Here, the iterations are referred to as Sprints. For each Sprint, a…

The correct answer is B. a and c are products risks, b, d and e are project risks. Option B is correct because it correctly distinguishes between risks tied to the quality of the deliverable (product risks) and risks tied to the delivery process (project risks). Items a and c relate to whether the website itself fails to meet accessibility requirements…

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Scenario 2 Your organisation is a large media services corporation (MSC). MSC uses Agile development, within a Scrum framework. Here, the iterations are referred to as Sprints. For each Sprint, a set of user-stories is defined, built, and tested. The user-stories are typically 1-2 lines long, indicating what the customer wants the system to do. MSC is in the process of updating its website to meet the recently introduced accessibility rules for websites. Accessibility means the availability of a system suitable to members of the public with, for example, visual or hearing difficulties. It has been decided to start with two requirements, as its first 2 Sprints: 1) Presentation of content with clear headings, short sentences, text versions always available. 2) Consistent navigation through the website. You are the test manager and there are four developers and two testers. You have all worked together previously, and are very experienced in MSCs products. Although the accessibility rules are new to you and the team, you have all attended a workshop where they were explained. Which of the following are product risks and which are project risks?

Options

  • Aa, b and c are product risks, d and e are project risks.
  • Ba and c are products risks, b, d and e are project risks.
  • Cb, c and e are product risks, a and d are project risks.
  • Da, d and e are product risks, b and c are project risks.
  • EA key member of the team may leave before the Sprints have been

How the community answered

(41 responses)
  • A
    2% (1)
  • B
    68% (28)
  • C
    7% (3)
  • D
    5% (2)
  • E
    17% (7)

Explanation

Option B is correct because it correctly distinguishes between risks tied to the quality of the deliverable (product risks) and risks tied to the delivery process (project risks). Items a and c relate to whether the website itself fails to meet accessibility requirements - e.g., content presentation or navigation defects - making them product risks. Items b, d, and e concern project execution factors such as team stability (item e explicitly mentions a key member leaving), resources, or scheduling - these are project risks because they threaten the project's ability to deliver, not the quality of what is delivered.

The distractors fail by misclassifying at least one item: options A and D over-count product risks by including items that are fundamentally about project management concerns, while option C incorrectly pulls item e into the product risk category even though "a key member leaving" is a classic project risk with no bearing on the product's functional quality. Option E is actually item e's description, not a valid answer choice at all.

Memory tip: Ask yourself "Does this risk live in the product or in the project?" - if the risk is about whether the software works correctly for users, it's a product risk; if it's about whether the team can build it (people, time, budget), it's a project risk.

Topics

#product risk#project risk#risk classification#Agile risks

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