A large infrastructure development program involves three road construction projects, two sewage line construction projects, and one project to lay underground electric cables. During a program meetin

Question

Options

• AModify the program schedule to accommodate the risk.
• BIncorporate the project risk into the program risk response strategy.
• CInstruct the project manager to escalate the risk to the program sponsor.
• DAsk the road construction project manager to manage the risk at the project level.

• A
  14% (4)
• B
  7% (2)
• C
  76% (22)
• D
  3% (1)

Explanation

When a project-level risk involving a cross-project interdependency crosses its defined risk threshold, it has exceeded the level at which project-level management can handle it. The program manager's appropriate governance response is to instruct the project manager to escalate the risk to the program sponsor, who holds the authority and resources to act beyond the program manager's mandate. Incorporating it into the program risk response strategy (B) or managing it at the project level (D) would be appropriate only if the threshold had not been breached. Modifying the program schedule (A) is premature before escalation and sponsor-level decision-making.

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